An al­gorithm with prefer­ences: from zero to one variable

Stuart_Armstrong15 Nov 2016 15:14 UTC
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

On­line Learn­ing 3: Ad­ver­sar­ial ban­dit learn­ing with catastrophes

RyanCarey14 Nov 2016 22:58 UTC
3 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Maine passes Ranked Choice Voting

morganism14 Nov 2016 20:07 UTC
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(ballotpedia.org)

Open thread, Nov. 14 - Nov. 20, 2016

MrMind14 Nov 2016 7:51 UTC
6 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion is vi­o­lent by nature

Djini_Hendrix14 Nov 2016 6:36 UTC
−32 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

VARIABILITY OF NUCLEAR DECAY RATES

morganism13 Nov 2016 23:57 UTC
1 point
4 comments2 min readLW link

Embed, en­code, at­tend, pre­dict: The new deep learn­ing for­mula for state-of-the-art NLP models

morganism12 Nov 2016 21:33 UTC
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(explosion.ai)

How did ex­per­i­ments with lu­cid dream­ing pan out?

listic12 Nov 2016 20:40 UTC
8 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Match­ing dona­tion fundraisers can be harm­fully dishon­est.

Benquo11 Nov 2016 21:05 UTC
18 points
6 comments14 min readLW link

The Devel­op­men­tal Role of Play

Gordon Seidoh Worley11 Nov 2016 19:41 UTC
12 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

On Try­ing Not To Be Wrong

sarahconstantin11 Nov 2016 19:25 UTC
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek11 Nov 2016 18:47 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group Debugging

rocurley11 Nov 2016 17:04 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain111 Nov 2016 13:43 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Yud­kowsky vs Trump: the nu­clear show­down.

MrMind11 Nov 2016 11:30 UTC
27 points
162 comments2 min readLW link

Ma­jor Life Course Change: Mak­ing Poli­tics Less Irrational

Gleb_Tsipursky11 Nov 2016 3:30 UTC
−7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.facebook.com)

Authen­tic­ity vs. fac­tual accuracy

philh10 Nov 2016 22:24 UTC
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Psy­cholog­i­cal skills

arunbharatula10 Nov 2016 10:02 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(blogs.unimelb.edu.au)

Did so­cial de­sir­a­bil­ity effects mask Trump’s true sup­port?

katydee10 Nov 2016 9:56 UTC
8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(themiddleofthatzone.wordpress.com)

Meetup : Moscow so­cial meetup: Party games!

Alexander2309 Nov 2016 20:41 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

This is the way the world… is

Jacob Falkovich9 Nov 2016 5:32 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : Meetup #6 - Still Am­s­ter­dam!

null8 Nov 2016 18:02 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rais­ing the san­ity wa­ter­line in politics

Gleb_Tsipursky8 Nov 2016 16:10 UTC
−17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(link.rm0002.net)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Gardening

RobinZ8 Nov 2016 2:45 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Day After Tomorrow

Jacob Falkovich7 Nov 2016 23:47 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

FHI is ac­cept­ing ap­pli­ca­tions for in­tern­ships in the area of AI Safety and Re­in­force­ment Learning

crmflynn7 Nov 2016 16:33 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

Men­tal Habits are Procedural

lifelonglearner7 Nov 2016 14:53 UTC
14 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Open thread, Nov. 7 - Nov. 13, 2016

MrMind7 Nov 2016 8:01 UTC
9 points
120 comments1 min readLW link

The New Lit­tle Ice Age Has Started (2016)

morganism6 Nov 2016 22:49 UTC
−7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(watchers.news)

postCDT: De­ci­sion The­ory us­ing post-se­lected Bayes nets

Scott Garrabrant6 Nov 2016 22:22 UTC
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

What do you ac­tu­ally do to re­plen­ish your willpower?

Sable6 Nov 2016 0:05 UTC
5 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Slaves to fash­ion signaling

KatjaGrace5 Nov 2016 21:45 UTC
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Year 1 Re­dux – Friends and Rationalists

Jacob Falkovich5 Nov 2016 16:30 UTC
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Any­one else read­ing “Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: A Modern Ap­proach”?

fowlertm5 Nov 2016 15:22 UTC
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Pyra­mid And The Garden

Scott Alexander5 Nov 2016 6:03 UTC
53 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Up­date­less­ness and Son of X

Scott Garrabrant4 Nov 2016 22:58 UTC
29 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Amsterdam

FrankAdamek4 Nov 2016 15:55 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Projects

rocurley4 Nov 2016 5:48 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Austin Meetup

math_viking4 Nov 2016 5:32 UTC
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZ4 Nov 2016 0:49 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain13 Nov 2016 23:56 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Costs are not benefits

philh3 Nov 2016 21:32 UTC
8 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Crony Beliefs

plex3 Nov 2016 20:54 UTC
22 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(www.meltingasphalt.com)

A failed at­tempt at Up­date­less­ness us­ing Univer­sal Inductors

Scott Garrabrant3 Nov 2016 20:25 UTC
7 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Re­but­tal piece by Stu­art Rus­sell and FHI Re­search As­so­ci­ate Allan Dafoe: “Yes, the ex­perts are wor­ried about the ex­is­ten­tial risk of ar­tifi­cial in­tel­li­gence.”

crmflynn3 Nov 2016 17:54 UTC
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.technologyreview.com)

Vot­ing is like donat­ing hun­dreds of thou­sands to charity

Gleb_Tsipursky2 Nov 2016 21:22 UTC
−6 points
45 comments1 min readLW link
(time.com)

Year 1 Re­dux – Poseur

Jacob Falkovich2 Nov 2016 7:19 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : Con­flicted Brains & Com­pet­ing Goals: The Non-Uni­tary Self

Chriswaterguy2 Nov 2016 6:27 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2016 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris1 Nov 2016 23:40 UTC
4 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup

Tuk1 Nov 2016 21:30 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link