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SI/CFAR Are Looking for Contract Web Developers
Malo
6 Aug 2012 22:47 UTC
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava, Slovakia—the first LW meetup
BarbaraB
6 Aug 2012 10:36 UTC
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suber, “The Ethics of Deep Self-Modification”
lukeprog
6 Aug 2012 6:37 UTC
20
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Doubling Box
Mestroyer
6 Aug 2012 5:50 UTC
22
points
84
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Cartoon Guide to Lob’s Theorem
MinibearRex
6 Aug 2012 5:41 UTC
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Self-skepticism: the first principle of rationality
aaronsw
6 Aug 2012 0:51 UTC
50
points
86
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[video] Robin Hanson: Uploads Economics 101
mapnoterritory
5 Aug 2012 21:00 UTC
8
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Cartoon Guide to Löb’s Theorem
Oscar_Cunningham
5 Aug 2012 8:28 UTC
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random question about starfish
Raemon
5 Aug 2012 2:31 UTC
2
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are the optimal biases to overcome?
aaronsw
4 Aug 2012 15:04 UTC
103
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A cynical explanation for why rationalists worry about FAI
aaronsw
4 Aug 2012 12:27 UTC
28
points
172
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Smart non-reductionists, philosophical vs. engineering mindsets, and religion
Kaj_Sotala
4 Aug 2012 10:48 UTC
21
points
48
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The supposedly hard problem of consciousness and the nonexistence of sense data: Is your dog a conscious being?
[deleted]
4 Aug 2012 1:57 UTC
−21
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh: Semantic Stopsigns
KatjaGrace
3 Aug 2012 22:14 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Epiphany addiction”
cousin_it
3 Aug 2012 17:52 UTC
69
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes August 2012
Alejandro1
3 Aug 2012 15:33 UTC
9
points
432
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Austin, Madison, NYC
FrankAdamek
3 Aug 2012 15:21 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are you working on? August 2012
RobertLumley
3 Aug 2012 15:10 UTC
13
points
95
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wellcome Collection in London has exhibition on human augmentation
taw
3 Aug 2012 8:02 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Issue 301 shipped: Show parent comments on /comments
matt
3 Aug 2012 6:14 UTC
43
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Holistic learning ebook
John_Maxwell
3 Aug 2012 0:29 UTC
14
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI 5 minute existential risk talk
Stuart_Armstrong
2 Aug 2012 17:44 UTC
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne, practical rationality
matt
2 Aug 2012 17:15 UTC
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne, practical rationality
matt
2 Aug 2012 17:14 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PM system is not working
jsteinhardt
2 Aug 2012 16:09 UTC
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Roommate interest and coordination thread
patrickscottshields
2 Aug 2012 9:22 UTC
13
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reinforcement Learning: A Non-Standard Introduction (Part 2)
royf
2 Aug 2012 8:17 UTC
16
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] When Anthropomorphism Became Stupid
MinibearRex
2 Aug 2012 5:07 UTC
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Russian plan for immortality [link]
Dr_Manhattan
1 Aug 2012 20:49 UTC
8
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Admissions Essay Help?
OnTheOtherHandle
1 Aug 2012 19:19 UTC
10
points
34
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Looking for a roommate in Mountain View
jsteinhardt
1 Aug 2012 19:04 UTC
15
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
August 2012 Media Thread
RobertLumley
1 Aug 2012 18:29 UTC
7
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, August 1-15, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
1 Aug 2012 15:39 UTC
3
points
149
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Politics Discussion Thread August 2012
OrphanWilde
1 Aug 2012 15:25 UTC
−4
points
167
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Becoming a gene machine—what should change?
Delta
1 Aug 2012 13:06 UTC
0
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on a possible solution to Pascal’s Mugging
Dolores1984
1 Aug 2012 12:32 UTC
4
points
40
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Why AGI is extremely likely to come before FAI
skeptical_lurker
1 Aug 2012 10:22 UTC
6
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Board game night
Nisan
1 Aug 2012 6:40 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Hot Air Doesn’t Disagree
MinibearRex
1 Aug 2012 6:29 UTC
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Advice please: Cognitive distortion preventing me from accomplishing anything
abcd_z
31 Jul 2012 23:12 UTC
10
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Machiavelli in historical context
Cyan
31 Jul 2012 19:41 UTC
12
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is the Mantra of Polya?
Mark_Eichenlaub
31 Jul 2012 17:49 UTC
9
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AGI-12 conference in Oxford in December
Stuart_Armstrong
31 Jul 2012 10:38 UTC
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Always check your assertions… (Winning the Lottery)
brilee
31 Jul 2012 10:32 UTC
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Utilitarianism Subreddit
Tuxedage
31 Jul 2012 6:23 UTC
9
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup
[deleted]
31 Jul 2012 5:58 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup
[deleted]
31 Jul 2012 5:58 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Bedrock of Morality: Arbitrary?
MinibearRex
31 Jul 2012 3:45 UTC
6
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge (MA) Meetup
chronophasiac
31 Jul 2012 1:01 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge (MA) Meetup
chronophasiac
31 Jul 2012 0:58 UTC
−8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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