July 2015 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris1 Jul 2015 21:15 UTC
8 points
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Analog­i­cal Rea­son­ing and Creativity

jacob_cannell1 Jul 2015 20:38 UTC
39 points
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Stupid Ques­tions July 2015

Gondolinian1 Jul 2015 19:13 UTC
10 points
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Meetup : Tel Aviv Meetup: So­cial & Board Games

DanArmak1 Jul 2015 17:53 UTC
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[link] FLI’s recom­mended pro­ject grants for AI safety re­search announced

Kaj_Sotala1 Jul 2015 15:27 UTC
26 points
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Directly ad­ver­tis­ing ex­is­ten­tial risk

Arbitrary1 Jul 2015 12:45 UTC
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Ra­tional Dis­cus­sion of Con­tro­ver­sial Topics

cleonid1 Jul 2015 11:15 UTC
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Monthly Brag­ging Thread July 2015

elharo1 Jul 2015 11:07 UTC
11 points
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Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Thread July 2015

elharo1 Jul 2015 11:04 UTC
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Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Amer­i­can History

RobinZ1 Jul 2015 1:26 UTC
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Solv­ing sleep: just a toe-dipping

Capla30 Jun 2015 19:38 UTC
63 points
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Op­ti­mal pre­dic­tors and con­di­tional probability

Vanessa Kosoy30 Jun 2015 18:01 UTC
3 points
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(github.com)

Effec­tive Altru­ism vs Mis­sion­ar­ies? Ad­vice Re­quested from a Newly-Built Crowd­fund­ing Plat­form.

lululu30 Jun 2015 17:39 UTC
5 points
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Select­ing vs. grooming

[deleted]30 Jun 2015 10:48 UTC
9 points
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Meetup : July Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo: Bayesian Reasoning

MelbourneLW30 Jun 2015 9:08 UTC
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The Thing and the Sym­bolic Rep­re­sen­ta­tion of The Thing

Zvi30 Jun 2015 0:15 UTC
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Top 9+2 myths about AI risk

Stuart_Armstrong29 Jun 2015 20:41 UTC
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Par­ent­ing Tech­nique: In­crease Your Child’s Work­ing Memory

James_Miller29 Jun 2015 19:51 UTC
20 points
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Two-box­ing, smok­ing and chew­ing gum in Med­i­cal New­comb problems

Caspar Oesterheld29 Jun 2015 10:35 UTC
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Open Thread, Jun. 29 - Jul. 5, 2015

Gondolinian29 Jun 2015 0:14 UTC
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Is this ev­i­dence for the Si­mu­la­tion hy­poth­e­sis?

Fivehundred28 Jun 2015 23:45 UTC
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Goal set­ting jour­nal (GSJ) − 28/​06/​15 → 05/​07/​15

[deleted]28 Jun 2015 6:24 UTC
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Rest in motion

So8res28 Jun 2015 3:00 UTC
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(mindingourway.com)

Prais­ing the Constitution

dragonfiremalus27 Jun 2015 16:55 UTC
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4 days left in Giv­ing What We Can’s 2015 fundraiser - £34k to go

RobertWiblin27 Jun 2015 2:16 UTC
6 points
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New LW Mee­tups: Maine, San Antonio

FrankAdamek26 Jun 2015 14:59 UTC
4 points
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Beyond Statis­tics 101

JonahS26 Jun 2015 10:24 UTC
25 points
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[link] Es­say on AI Safety

jsteinhardt26 Jun 2015 7:42 UTC
19 points
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The Brain as a Univer­sal Learn­ing Machine

Kaj_Sotala26 Jun 2015 6:52 UTC
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(lesswrong.com)

Meetup : LessWrong Ham­burg

Gunnar_Zarncke25 Jun 2015 23:40 UTC
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Can You Give Sup­port or Feed­back for My Pro­gram to Alle­vi­ate Poverty?

Brendon_Wong25 Jun 2015 23:18 UTC
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GiveWell event for SF Bay Area EAs

Benquo25 Jun 2015 20:27 UTC
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Meetup : Oslo Meetup at Bi­traf.

FourFire25 Jun 2015 16:21 UTC
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Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—July

luminosity25 Jun 2015 12:55 UTC
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[link] Choose your (prefer­ence) util­i­tar­i­anism care­fully – part 1

Kaj_Sotala25 Jun 2015 12:06 UTC
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Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Vienna

AnnaLeptikon25 Jun 2015 7:31 UTC
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Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group (up­dated)

CBHacking25 Jun 2015 1:48 UTC
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The Brain as a Univer­sal Learn­ing Machine

jacob_cannell24 Jun 2015 21:45 UTC
200 points
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Cry­on­ics: peace of mind vs. immortality

oge24 Jun 2015 7:10 UTC
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Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Keep your iden­tity small

rocurley24 Jun 2015 1:59 UTC
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​My re­cent thoughts on consciousness

AlexLundborg24 Jun 2015 0:37 UTC
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Is Greed Stupid?

Adam Zerner23 Jun 2015 20:38 UTC
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A map: Ty­pol­ogy of hu­man ex­tinc­tion risks

turchin23 Jun 2015 17:23 UTC
15 points
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The great quote of ra­tio­nal­ity a la Socrates (or Plato, or Aris­to­tle)

Bound_up23 Jun 2015 15:55 UTC
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Meetup : LessWrong Aus­tralia on­line hangout

Calien23 Jun 2015 11:33 UTC
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Min/​max goal fac­tor­ing and be­lief map­ping exercise

[deleted]23 Jun 2015 5:30 UTC
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Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZ23 Jun 2015 4:14 UTC
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A closer look at modal bar­gain­ing agents

Quinn22 Jun 2015 21:57 UTC
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(www.overleaf.com)

Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: Solomonoff In­duc­tion In­spired Approach

Scott Garrabrant22 Jun 2015 18:39 UTC
4 points
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Two Zendo-in­spired games

StephenBarnes22 Jun 2015 15:47 UTC
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