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The Moral Of The Story

Scott Alexander18 Oct 2016 2:22 UTC

49 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Astrobiology III: Why Earth?

CellBioGuy4 Oct 2016 21:59 UTC

27 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

What’s the most annoying part of your life/job?

Liron23 Oct 2016 3:37 UTC

25 points

126 comments1 min readLW link

How people shut down thought because of high-status respectable halos

NancyLebovitz20 Oct 2016 14:09 UTC

21 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Astrobiology IV: Photosynthesis and energy

CellBioGuy17 Oct 2016 0:30 UTC

18 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI AMA plus updates

Rob Bensinger11 Oct 2016 23:52 UTC

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Putanumonit—Discarding empathy to save the world

Jacob Falkovich6 Oct 2016 7:03 UTC

14 points

38 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

How Feasible Is the Rapid Development of Artificial Superintelligence?

Kaj_Sotala24 Oct 2016 8:43 UTC

14 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

[Recommendation] Steven Universe & cryonics

tadrinth11 Oct 2016 16:21 UTC

13 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Map and Territory: a new rationalist group blog

Gordon Seidoh Worley15 Oct 2016 17:55 UTC

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-Risks): A Neglected Global Priority

ignoranceprior14 Oct 2016 19:58 UTC

13 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

The University of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) is hiring!

crmflynn6 Oct 2016 16:53 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

80% of data in Chinese clinical trials have been fabricated

DanArmak2 Oct 2016 7:38 UTC

11 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Attacking the grain of truth problem using Bayes-Savage agents

Vanessa Kosoy20 Oct 2016 14:41 UTC

11 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Fermi paradox of human past, and corresponding x-risks

turchin1 Oct 2016 17:01 UTC

10 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

Six principles of a truth-friendly discourse

philh8 Oct 2016 16:56 UTC

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

The map of organizations, sites and people involved in x-risks prevention

turchin7 Oct 2016 12:04 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd? / Math Education

James_Miller17 Oct 2016 0:12 UTC

10 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

October 2016 Media Thread

ArisKatsaris1 Oct 2016 14:05 UTC

10 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Nick Bostrom says Google is winning the AI arms race

polymathwannabe5 Oct 2016 18:50 UTC

8 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

(www.newsweek.com)

Cryo with magnetics added

morganism1 Oct 2016 22:27 UTC

8 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 03 - Oct. 09, 2016

MrMind3 Oct 2016 6:59 UTC

8 points

166 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 10 - Oct. 16, 2016

MrMind10 Oct 2016 7:00 UTC

7 points

157 comments1 min readLW link

Biofuels a climate mistake

morganism9 Oct 2016 21:16 UTC

7 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(theconversation.com)

Barack Obama’s opinions on near-future AI [Fixed]

scarcegreengrass12 Oct 2016 15:46 UTC

7 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(www.wired.com)

Asymptotic Decision Theory

gallabytes15 Oct 2016 2:42 UTC

7 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(gallabytes.com)

Open thread, Oct. 17 - Oct. 23, 2016

MrMind17 Oct 2016 7:02 UTC

7 points

68 comments1 min readLW link

Online Learning 1: Bias-detecting online learners

RyanCarey29 Oct 2016 16:45 UTC

6 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Theory of an Immoral Sentiment

Jacob Falkovich6 Oct 2016 5:55 UTC

6 points

1 comment12 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Open thread, Oct. 24 - Oct. 30, 2016

MrMind24 Oct 2016 6:54 UTC

6 points

220 comments1 min readLW link

The Non-identity Problem—Another argument in favour of classical utilitarianism

casebash18 Oct 2016 13:41 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(plato.stanford.edu)

Logical inductor limits are dense under pointwise convergence

SamEisenstat6 Oct 2016 8:07 UTC

5 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Counterfactual do-what-I-mean

Stuart_Armstrong27 Oct 2016 13:54 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Program good ethics into artificial intelligence

XFrequentist19 Oct 2016 16:28 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.nature.com)

AI-ON is an open community dedicated to advancing Artificial Intelligence

morganism18 Oct 2016 22:17 UTC

5 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(ai-on.org)

AI black box for developers to code around, BONSAI

morganism30 Oct 2016 23:08 UTC

4 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(bons.ai)

Control and security

paulfchristiano15 Oct 2016 21:11 UTC

4 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Astrobiology III: Why Earth?

CellBioGuy4 Oct 2016 21:44 UTC

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Transitive negotiations with counterfactual agents

Scott Garrabrant20 Oct 2016 23:27 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Citizen scientist space projects

morganism28 Oct 2016 21:56 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(spacehack.org)

The map of agents which may create x-risks

turchin13 Oct 2016 11:17 UTC

3 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence officially launches.

ignoranceprior21 Oct 2016 1:22 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(lcfi.ac.uk)

New LW Meetup: Zurich

FrankAdamek21 Oct 2016 10:47 UTC

3 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Conscious Exotica—structure of the space of possible minds

morganism21 Oct 2016 23:45 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(aeon.co)

Wikipedia book based on betterhumans’ article on cognitive biases

Mati_Roy14 Oct 2016 1:03 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(en.wikipedia.org)

Internal Race Conditions

SquirrelInHell23 Oct 2016 13:23 UTC

3 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Video to induce hallucinations , meme implanter?

morganism16 Oct 2016 20:33 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(sciencebulletin.org)

Training Garrabrant inductors to predict counterfactuals

TsviBT27 Oct 2016 2:41 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

H+Pedia opens projects and editorial portal

Deku-shrub16 Oct 2016 21:41 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(hpluspedia.org)

Slashdot: study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones

Gunnar_Zarncke26 Oct 2016 6:53 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(science.slashdot.org)