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Open thread, Oct. 03 - Oct. 09, 2016
MrMind
Oct 3, 2016, 6:59 AM
8
points
166
comments
1
min read
LW
link
80% of data in Chinese clinical trials have been fabricated
DanArmak
Oct 2, 2016, 7:38 AM
11
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryo with magnetics added
morganism
Oct 1, 2016, 10:27 PM
8
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fermi paradox of human past, and corresponding x-risks
turchin
Oct 1, 2016, 5:01 PM
10
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
October 2016 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Oct 1, 2016, 2:05 PM
10
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Sep 30, 2016, 2:48 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Risk Contracts: A Crackpot Idea to Save the World
SquirrelInHell
Sep 30, 2016, 2:36 PM
4
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Software for moral enhancement (kajsotala.fi)
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 30, 2016, 12:12 PM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
An appreciation of the Less Wrong Sequences (kajsotala.fi)
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 30, 2016, 12:11 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
US tech giants found Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society to ensure AI is developed safely and ethically
Gunnar_Zarncke
Sep 29, 2016, 8:39 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.businessinsider.de)
Sam Harris—TED Talk on AI
Brillyant
Sep 29, 2016, 4:44 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.samharris.org)
Tech behemoths form artificial-intelligence nonprofit
Gleb_Tsipursky
Sep 29, 2016, 4:29 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.seattletimes.com)
Figureheads, ghost-writers and pseudonymous quant bloggers: the recent evolution of authorship in science publishing
Gram_Stone
Sep 28, 2016, 11:16 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medicalhypotheses.blogspot.com)
Politics Is Upstream of AI
iceman
Sep 28, 2016, 9:47 PM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thefutureprimaeval.net)
Street Epistemology Examples: How to Talk to People So They Change Their Minds
Bound_up
Sep 28, 2016, 9:19 PM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
My latest around of internet urban legend research: Deep web secrets
Deku-shrub
Sep 28, 2016, 7:12 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(rationalwiki.org)
SSC: It’s Bayes All The Way Up
Houshalter
Sep 28, 2016, 6:06 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Putanumonit—You can’t always tell people’s beliefs from explicit behavior + Trump and blacks
Jacob Falkovich
Sep 28, 2016, 4:45 PM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Putanumonit—Convincing people to read the Sequences and wondering about “postrationalists”
Jacob Falkovich
Sep 28, 2016, 4:43 PM
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Linkposts now live!
Vaniver
Sep 28, 2016, 3:13 PM
44
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yudkowsky’s Guide to Writing Intelligent Characters
Vaniver
Sep 28, 2016, 2:36 PM
18
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(yudkowsky.tumblr.com)
A Child’s Petrov Day Speech
James_Miller
Sep 28, 2016, 2:27 AM
30
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking Advice About Career Paths for Non-USA Citizen
almkglor
Sep 28, 2016, 12:07 AM
8
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
New Philosophical Work on Solomonoff Induction
vallinder
Sep 27, 2016, 11:12 AM
5
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The set of Logical Inductors is not Convex
Scott Garrabrant
Sep 27, 2016, 9:05 AM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Imagine paint as chance you spread across the world
BenFRayfield
Sep 27, 2016, 2:29 AM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Logical Inductors contain Logical Inductors over other complexity classes
Scott Garrabrant
Sep 26, 2016, 10:17 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Stockholm: When to stop making a decision
pepe_prime
Sep 26, 2016, 5:14 PM
1
point
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We have the technology required to build 3D body scanners for consumer prices
ChristianKl
Sep 26, 2016, 3:36 PM
6
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning doesn’t solve philosophy of ethics
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 26, 2016, 12:11 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Model of human (ir)rationality
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 26, 2016, 11:20 AM
0
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Sep. 26 - Oct. 02, 2016
MrMind
Sep 26, 2016, 7:41 AM
5
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s 2016 Fundraiser
So8res
Sep 25, 2016, 4:55 PM
34
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The map of natural global catastrophic risks
turchin
Sep 25, 2016, 1:17 PM
7
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Melbourne: A Bayesian Guide on How to Read a Scientific Paper
Chriswaterguy
Sep 24, 2016, 8:57 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Variations of the Garrabrant-inductor
IAFF-User-83
Sep 23, 2016, 7:11 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.cs.ucl.ac.uk)
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Sep 23, 2016, 3:52 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Outdoor Fun & Games
RobinZ
Sep 23, 2016, 3:11 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area / UMBC Weekly Meetup
iarwain1
Sep 23, 2016, 1:55 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bay Area Winter Solstice 2016
ialdabaoth
Sep 22, 2016, 10:12 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : SF Meetup: Mini Talks
maia
Sep 22, 2016, 3:23 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Heroin model: AI “manipulates” “unmanipulatable” reward
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 22, 2016, 10:27 AM
10
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Heroin model: AI “manipulates” “unmanipulatable” reward
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 21, 2016, 6:10 PM
0
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Problems with learning values from observation
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Sep 21, 2016, 12:40 AM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Logical Inductors that trust their limits
Scott Garrabrant
Sep 20, 2016, 11:17 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos
Alexander230
Sep 20, 2016, 7:33 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against Amazement
SquirrelInHell
Sep 20, 2016, 7:25 PM
9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Superintelligence FAQ
Scott Alexander
Sep 20, 2016, 7:00 PM
134
points
38
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Seven Apocalypses
scarcegreengrass
Sep 20, 2016, 2:59 AM
3
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Adding and removing complexity from models
Elo
Sep 19, 2016, 11:31 PM
11
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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