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Do you want to be like Kuro5hin? Because this is how you get to be like Kuro5hin.

Dentin26 Aug 2016 15:32 UTC

54 points

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Recent updates to gwern.net (2015-2016)

gwern26 Aug 2016 19:22 UTC

42 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes

James_Miller6 Aug 2016 19:10 UTC

33 points

89 comments1 min readLW link

Deepmind Plans for Rat-Level AI

moridinamael18 Aug 2016 16:26 UTC

33 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

The call of the void

Elo28 Aug 2016 13:17 UTC

28 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

The ladder of abstraction and giving examples

Elo16 Aug 2016 5:31 UTC

26 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Inefficient Games

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)23 Aug 2016 17:47 UTC

26 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

The Future of Humanity Institute is hiring!

crmflynn18 Aug 2016 13:09 UTC

23 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Low hanging productivity—improving your workspace

Elo9 Aug 2016 12:14 UTC

22 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Hedging

Elo26 Aug 2016 8:34 UTC

21 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

European Soylent alternatives

ChristianKl15 Aug 2016 20:22 UTC

20 points

18 comments4 min readLW link

The barriers to the task

Elo18 Aug 2016 7:22 UTC

19 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Superintelligence and physical law

AnthonyC4 Aug 2016 18:49 UTC

19 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

A Review of Signal Data Science

The_Jaded_One14 Aug 2016 15:32 UTC

18 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

[link] MIRI’s 2015 in review

Kaj_Sotala3 Aug 2016 12:03 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Aug 29. - Sept 5. 2016

Elo29 Aug 2016 2:28 UTC

16 points

119 comments1 min readLW link

“Is Science Broken?” is underspecified

NancyLebovitz12 Aug 2016 11:59 UTC

16 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

The Problem (TM) - Part 2

Elo2 Aug 2016 8:01 UTC

16 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

Time management and Do your tasks in a different order

Elo16 Aug 2016 23:15 UTC

15 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Superintelligence via whole brain emulation

AlexMennen17 Aug 2016 4:11 UTC

15 points

33 comments3 min readLW link

UC Berkeley launches Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence

ignoranceprior29 Aug 2016 22:43 UTC

15 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Identity map

turchin15 Aug 2016 11:29 UTC

15 points

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Non-Fiction Book Reviews

SquirrelInHell11 Aug 2016 5:05 UTC

15 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

The map of the risks of aliens

turchin22 Aug 2016 19:05 UTC

12 points

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The meta-strategy

Elo2 Aug 2016 23:08 UTC

12 points

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Filter on the way in, Filter on the way out...

Elo12 Aug 2016 7:24 UTC

12 points

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Open Thread, Aug. 15. - Aug 21. 2016

Elo15 Aug 2016 0:26 UTC

11 points

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Productivity—List Notch system

Elo23 Aug 2016 4:46 UTC

11 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Setting up my work environment—Doing the causation backwards

Elo11 Aug 2016 2:36 UTC

11 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

DARPA accepting proposals for explainable AI

morganism22 Aug 2016 0:05 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Wicked Problems

Elo16 Aug 2016 8:35 UTC

10 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Open Thread, Aug. 1 - Aug 7. 2016

Elo1 Aug 2016 0:12 UTC

9 points

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Risks from Approximate Value Learning

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)27 Aug 2016 19:34 UTC

9 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Aug. 8 - Aug 14. 2016

Elo7 Aug 2016 23:07 UTC

9 points

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A Conversation with GoD

Jacob Falkovich23 Aug 2016 7:59 UTC

9 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Willpower Thermodynamics

Fluttershy16 Aug 2016 3:00 UTC

9 points

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Willpower Schedule

SquirrelInHell22 Aug 2016 13:05 UTC

9 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Irrationality Quotes August 2016

PhilGoetz1 Aug 2016 19:12 UTC

8 points

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Corrigibility through stratified indifference

Stuart_Armstrong19 Aug 2016 16:11 UTC

8 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Help with Bayesian priors

WikiLogicOrg14 Aug 2016 10:24 UTC

8 points

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Motivated Thinking

Bound_up3 Aug 2016 23:27 UTC

7 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Mental models—giving people personhood and taking it away

Elo11 Aug 2016 8:32 UTC

7 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Inverse cryonics: one weird trick to persuade anyone to sign up for cryonics today!

The_Jaded_One11 Aug 2016 17:29 UTC

7 points

37 comments2 min readLW link

Seeking Optimization of New Website “New Atheist Survival Kit,” a go-to site for newly-made atheists

Bound_up16 Aug 2016 1:03 UTC

7 points

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Causal graphs and counterfactuals

Stuart_Armstrong30 Aug 2016 16:12 UTC

7 points

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Addendum to applicable advice

Elo16 Aug 2016 0:59 UTC

6 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Applicable advice

Elo12 Aug 2016 8:16 UTC

6 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Open Thread, Aug. 22 − 28, 2016

polymathwannabe22 Aug 2016 16:24 UTC

6 points

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Darknet Mining for Proactive Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence

morganism6 Aug 2016 1:19 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Avoiding collapse: Grand challenges for science and society to solve by 2050

morganism15 Aug 2016 5:47 UTC

5 points

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