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Atkins Diet—How Should I Update?
Liron
Jun 11, 2012, 9:40 PM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intellectual insularity and productivity
[deleted]
Jun 11, 2012, 3:10 PM
80
points
169
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Opaque fragile systems/institutions dominate.
saliency
Jun 11, 2012, 3:06 PM
−13
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking information relevant to deciding whether to try to become an AI researcher and, if so, how.
ChrisHallquist
Jun 11, 2012, 12:23 PM
17
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Meetup
rocurley
Jun 11, 2012, 5:06 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Aubrey de Grey answers Reddit AMA in video
Filipe
Jun 11, 2012, 4:44 AM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Surface Analogies and Deep Causes
MinibearRex
Jun 11, 2012, 4:44 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I think I’ve found the source of what’s been bugging me about “Friendly AI”
ChrisHallquist
Jun 10, 2012, 2:06 PM
15
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Punt Trip
Douglas_Reay
Jun 10, 2012, 2:05 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Outside View’s Domain
MinibearRex
Jun 10, 2012, 5:03 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Big Public Meetup
[deleted]
Jun 10, 2012, 4:03 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What was your biggest recent surprise?
DataPacRat
Jun 9, 2012, 11:57 PM
18
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: Show up and down votes separately
witzvo
Jun 9, 2012, 11:29 PM
24
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Conspiracy Theories as Agency Fictions
[deleted]
Jun 9, 2012, 3:15 PM
44
points
117
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Are the bacteria/parasites in your gut affecting your thinking?
witzvo
Jun 9, 2012, 10:37 AM
19
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Heading Toward Morality
MinibearRex
Jun 9, 2012, 5:41 AM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Combining causality with algorithmic information theory
[deleted]
Jun 9, 2012, 1:31 AM
21
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ask an experimental physicist
RolfAndreassen
Jun 8, 2012, 11:43 PM
49
points
295
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Teaching Bayesianism
JQuinton
Jun 8, 2012, 8:18 PM
7
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh—Past Wrongs
KatjaGrace
Jun 8, 2012, 7:22 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Near Concerns About Life Extension
Bart119
Jun 8, 2012, 7:12 PM
−15
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Berlin, Buenos Aires, Cambridge MA, Pittsburgh
FrankAdamek
Jun 8, 2012, 2:17 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts and problems with Eliezer’s measure of optimization power
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 8, 2012, 9:44 AM
36
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] LA-602 vs RHIC Review
MinibearRex
Jun 8, 2012, 4:33 AM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Debate between 80,000 hours and a socialist
jefftk
Jun 7, 2012, 1:30 PM
6
points
71
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Peter Thiel’s AGI discussion in his startups class @ Stanford [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Jun 7, 2012, 12:27 PM
19
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Nerds are nuts
[deleted]
Jun 7, 2012, 7:48 AM
35
points
44
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Ghosts in the Machine
MinibearRex
Jun 7, 2012, 4:51 AM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is there math for interplanetary travel vs existential risk?
DataPacRat
Jun 7, 2012, 2:55 AM
4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free Kindle Textbook: The Cerebellum: Brain for an Implicit Self (FT Press Science)
buybuydandavis
Jun 7, 2012, 2:43 AM
8
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mailing List for Digitized Belief Network Discussion
avichapman
Jun 6, 2012, 11:27 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Poly marriage?
h-H
Jun 6, 2012, 7:57 PM
−16
points
128
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Building toward a Friendly AI team
lukeprog
Jun 6, 2012, 6:57 PM
39
points
96
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] SMBC on choosing your simulations carefully
RolfAndreassen
Jun 6, 2012, 5:41 PM
12
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Phil Zimbardo answering questions on Reddit
Document
Jun 6, 2012, 5:20 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Strategic research on AI risk
lukeprog
Jun 6, 2012, 5:02 PM
13
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help please!
Michelle_Z
Jun 6, 2012, 3:51 PM
18
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] FreakoStats and CEV
Filipe
Jun 6, 2012, 3:21 PM
4
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Thick and thin
[deleted]
Jun 6, 2012, 12:08 PM
39
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Problems Related to Solomonoff Induction
Wei Dai
Jun 6, 2012, 12:26 AM
44
points
104
comments
2
min read
LW
link
List of Problems That Motivated UDT
Wei Dai
Jun 6, 2012, 12:26 AM
43
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ask an X
falenas108
Jun 5, 2012, 8:15 PM
10
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Global Workspace Theory
Douglas_Reay
Jun 5, 2012, 5:16 PM
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Small Berkeley meetup: Nisan’s house
Nisan
Jun 5, 2012, 12:27 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Brussels meetup
Axel
Jun 5, 2012, 10:43 AM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Consider a robot vacuum.
BrandonReinhart
Jun 5, 2012, 8:08 AM
25
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Grasping Slippery Things
MinibearRex
Jun 5, 2012, 4:33 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, 6/4/12
cata
Jun 5, 2012, 4:12 AM
5
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup—Likelihood Ratios
[deleted]
Jun 5, 2012, 3:15 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Where Fermi Fails: What is hard to estimate?
tgb
Jun 5, 2012, 3:15 AM
11
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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