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New paper from MIRI: “Toward idealized decision theory”
So8res
Dec 16, 2014, 10:27 PM
41
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sandy, UT—Debugging
hamnox
Dec 16, 2014, 7:42 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 14: Motivation selection methods
KatjaGrace
Dec 16, 2014, 2:00 AM
9
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Kickstarting the audio version of the upcoming book “The Sequences”
Rick_from_Castify
Dec 16, 2014, 1:01 AM
47
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Social Meetup, 21/12/2014
Tenoke
Dec 15, 2014, 11:54 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How many people am I?
Manfred
Dec 15, 2014, 6:11 PM
7
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Has LessWrong Ever Backfired On You?
Evan_Gaensbauer
Dec 15, 2014, 5:44 AM
36
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, December 16-31
therufs
Dec 15, 2014, 3:30 AM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Welcome to Less Wrong! (7th thread, December 2014)
Gondolinian
Dec 15, 2014, 2:57 AM
21
points
639
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Dec. 15 - Dec. 21, 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 15, 2014, 12:01 AM
5
points
309
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Podcast: Rationalists in Tech
JoshuaFox
Dec 14, 2014, 4:14 PM
16
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Discussion of AI control over at worldbuilding.stackexchange [LINK]
ike
Dec 14, 2014, 2:59 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Debunked And Well-Refuted
Scott Alexander
Dec 13, 2014, 12:08 PM
49
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Finishing Up
Manfred
Dec 13, 2014, 8:42 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Resolved] Is the SIA doomsday argument wrong?
Brian_Tomasik
Dec 13, 2014, 6:01 AM
10
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A forum for researchers to publicly discuss safety issues in advanced AI
Rob Bensinger
Dec 13, 2014, 12:33 AM
21
points
72
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Approval-directed agents
paulfchristiano
Dec 12, 2014, 10:38 PM
15
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harper’s Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum
gwern
Dec 12, 2014, 8:34 PM
76
points
154
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Dec 12, 2014, 5:06 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beware The Man Of One Study
Scott Alexander
Dec 12, 2014, 9:04 AM
70
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Robin Hanson talking about Bias on Stossel tonight
buybuydandavis
Dec 12, 2014, 5:15 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Tetlock’s “Expert Political Judgment”
RobinZ
Dec 12, 2014, 4:25 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Peter Thiel thinks about AI risk
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 11, 2014, 9:22 PM
20
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Saint-Petersburg Meetup
LizzardWizzard
Dec 11, 2014, 12:48 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Make your own cost-effectiveness Fermi estimates for one-off problems
owencb
Dec 11, 2014, 12:00 PM
14
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of research
owencb
Dec 11, 2014, 11:55 AM
33
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] Etzioni: AI will empower us, not exterminate us
SeekingEternity
Dec 11, 2014, 8:51 AM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cognitive distortions of founders
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 11, 2014, 3:19 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta December Meetup—Game Night!
Adele_L
Dec 11, 2014, 2:56 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lifehack Ideas December 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 10, 2014, 12:21 AM
11
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Limits of My Rationality
JoshuaMyer
Dec 9, 2014, 9:08 PM
8
points
54
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Feedback requested by Intentional Insights on workbook conveying rational thinking about meaning and purpose to a broad audience
Gleb_Tsipursky
Dec 9, 2014, 7:03 PM
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Israel Less Wrong Meetup—Social and Board Games
Anatoly_Vorobey
Dec 9, 2014, 1:42 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does utilitarianism “require” extreme self sacrifice? If not why do people commonly say it does?
Princess_Stargirl
Dec 9, 2014, 8:32 AM
12
points
100
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An investment analogy for Pascal’s Mugging
[deleted]
Dec 9, 2014, 7:50 AM
9
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 13: Capability control methods
KatjaGrace
Dec 9, 2014, 2:00 AM
14
points
48
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions December 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 8, 2014, 3:39 PM
25
points
342
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] An exact mapping between the Variational Renormalization Group and Deep Learning]
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 8, 2014, 2:33 PM
11
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Dec. 8 - Dec. 15, 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 8, 2014, 12:06 AM
11
points
293
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PSA: Eugine_Nier evading ban?
Dahlen
Dec 7, 2014, 11:23 PM
27
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow social meetup: codename “Order of Infrared Viola”
Alexander230
Dec 7, 2014, 10:30 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Story With Zombies
Scott Alexander
7 Dec 2014 20:11 UTC
31
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A bit of word-dissolving in political discussion
[deleted]
7 Dec 2014 17:05 UTC
7
points
40
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Brussels—Hope & Self-improvement
Roxolan
7 Dec 2014 17:04 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Linked decisions an a “nice” solution for the Fermi paradox
Beluga
7 Dec 2014 14:58 UTC
5
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA—DUMP STAT
OpenThreadGuy
7 Dec 2014 5:32 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moving towards the goal
So8res
7 Dec 2014 2:00 UTC
16
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Meetup : Sydney Summer Solstice
luminosity
6 Dec 2014 23:37 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Eric S. Raymond—Me and Less Wrong
philh
5 Dec 2014 23:44 UTC
36
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
5 Dec 2014 21:20 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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