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Conversation with Paul Christiano on Cause Prioritization Research
KatjaGrace
Aug 29, 2014, 9:28 PM
1
point
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Great Filter is early, or AI is hard
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 29, 2014, 4:17 PM
33
points
81
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 29, 2014, 3:43 PM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava
Viliam_Bur
Aug 29, 2014, 12:46 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: CFAR Related Discussion (Parkour Postponed)
RobinZ
Aug 29, 2014, 5:17 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup: Lightning Talks
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 29, 2014, 2:11 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Calibrating your probability estimates of world events: Russia vs Ukraine, 6 months later.
Shmi
Aug 28, 2014, 11:37 PM
27
points
165
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hal Finney has just died.
cousin_it
Aug 28, 2014, 7:39 PM
64
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalist house
Elo
Aug 27, 2014, 10:52 PM
11
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Meetup—Effective Altruism
kerspoon
Aug 27, 2014, 8:11 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Regular Moscow Meetup
Alexander230
Aug 27, 2014, 10:42 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra: Akrasia-busters!
DanielFilan
Aug 27, 2014, 2:47 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience?
Shmi
Aug 26, 2014, 6:55 PM
27
points
55
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reverse engineering of belief structures
Stefan_Schubert
Aug 26, 2014, 6:00 PM
13
points
34
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Changes to my workflow
paulfchristiano
Aug 26, 2014, 5:29 PM
48
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta August meetup—Media representations
Adele_L
Aug 26, 2014, 3:27 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Knightian uncertainty: a rejection of the MMEU rule
So8res
Aug 26, 2014, 3:03 AM
41
points
9
comments
15
min read
LW
link
The immediate real-world uses of Friendly AI research
ancientcampus
Aug 26, 2014, 2:47 AM
10
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Persistent Idealism
jefftk
Aug 26, 2014, 1:38 AM
19
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 25-31 August 2014
jaime2000
Aug 25, 2014, 11:14 AM
8
points
229
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Announcing The Effective Altruism Forum
RyanCarey
Aug 24, 2014, 8:07 AM
44
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Any one interested in Milwaukee meetup?
zerotimer
Aug 24, 2014, 4:19 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Feynman lectures on physics
Mark_Friedenbach
Aug 23, 2014, 8:14 PM
17
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Reconstituting
Manfred
Aug 23, 2014, 4:19 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Study: In giving charity, let not your right hand...
homunq
Aug 22, 2014, 10:23 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Physicist Carlo Rovelli on Modern Physics Research
Shmi
Aug 22, 2014, 9:46 PM
8
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 22, 2014, 3:38 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Conservation of Expected Jury Probability
jefftk
Aug 22, 2014, 3:25 PM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Memory is Everything
Qwake
Aug 22, 2014, 4:48 AM
−5
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Museums Meetup
RobinZ
Aug 22, 2014, 4:17 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fighting Biases and Bad Habits like Boggarts
palladias
Aug 21, 2014, 5:07 PM
46
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Another type of intelligence explosion
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 21, 2014, 2:49 PM
28
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An example of deadly non-general AI
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 21, 2014, 2:15 PM
21
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why we should err in both directions
owencb
Aug 21, 2014, 11:10 AM
15
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Productivity thoughts from Matt Fallshaw
John_Maxwell
Aug 21, 2014, 5:05 AM
19
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Imaginary queues
KatjaGrace
Aug 20, 2014, 7:54 PM
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Anthropics doesn’t explain why the Cold War stayed Cold
KnaveOfAllTrades
Aug 20, 2014, 7:23 PM
12
points
34
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Thought experiments on simplicity in logical probability
Manfred
Aug 20, 2014, 5:25 PM
8
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Polling Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Aug 20, 2014, 2:36 PM
12
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Follow your dreams” as a case study in incorrect thinking
cousin_it
Aug 20, 2014, 1:18 PM
44
points
53
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : September Rationality Dojo—Fixed and Growth Mindset
MelbourneLW
Aug 19, 2014, 7:52 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Steelmanning MIRI critics
fowlertm
Aug 19, 2014, 3:14 AM
8
points
67
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantified Risks of Gay Male Sex
pianoforte611
Aug 18, 2014, 11:55 PM
54
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Owen Cotton-Barratt on GPP
KatjaGrace
Aug 18, 2014, 6:03 PM
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 18-24 August 2014
David_Gerard
Aug 18, 2014, 4:55 PM
6
points
81
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Social—August 24th
sixes_and_sevens
Aug 18, 2014, 4:37 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The metaphor/myth of general intelligence
Stuart_Armstrong
18 Aug 2014 16:04 UTC
18
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A thought on AI unemployment and its consequences
Stuart_Armstrong
18 Aug 2014 12:10 UTC
12
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A “Holy Grail” Humor Theory in One Page.
EGarrett
18 Aug 2014 10:26 UTC
−7
points
74
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Israel Less Wrong Meetup: Communities and the rationalist community
SoftFlare
18 Aug 2014 8:16 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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