From data to de­ci­sions: Pro­cess­ing in­for­ma­tion, bi­ases, and be­liefs for im­proved man­age­ment of nat­u­ral re­sources and environments

Gunnar_Zarncke8 May 2017 21:47 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Open thread, May 8 - May 14, 2017

Thomas8 May 2017 8:10 UTC
5 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Stories

rocurley8 May 2017 6:17 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

On-line google hang­out on ap­proaches to the con­trol prob­lem (2017/​6/​13 7PM UTC)

whpearson7 May 2017 19:13 UTC
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Al­gorith­mic tacit collusion

Stefan_Schubert7 May 2017 14:57 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.economist.com)

A cor­re­lated analogue of re­flec­tive oracles

jessicata7 May 2017 7:00 UTC
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore

l1n6 May 2017 23:51 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Work­ing with mul­ti­ple prob­lems at once

Elo6 May 2017 22:14 UTC
5 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Change

Zack_M_Davis6 May 2017 21:17 UTC
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(zackmdavis.net)

Gen­er­al­iz­ing Foun­da­tions of De­ci­sion The­ory II

abramdemski6 May 2017 20:40 UTC
15 points
4 comments19 min readLW link

In­finite ethics comparisons

Stuart_Armstrong6 May 2017 19:24 UTC
1 point
2 comments3 min readLW link

Soft Skills for Run­ning Mee­tups for Beginners

Raemon6 May 2017 16:04 UTC
37 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive Core Sys­tems ex­plain­ing in­tu­itions be­hind be­lief in souls, free will, and cre­ation myths

Kaj_Sotala6 May 2017 12:13 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Nui­sance Noise and Com­pet­ing Ac­cess Needs

Fluttershy4 May 2017 22:07 UTC
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

AI arms race

Stuart_Armstrong4 May 2017 10:59 UTC
10 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on civ­i­liza­tion collapse

Stuart_Armstrong4 May 2017 10:41 UTC
28 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Re­gres­sion to the Mean

RobinZ4 May 2017 2:09 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Training

mingyuan4 May 2017 1:29 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

From Jonathan Haidt: A site that lets you “ex­pe­rience differ­ent view­points”

fortyeridania3 May 2017 16:01 UTC
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(heterodoxacademy.org)

In­terthe­o­retic util­ity com­par­i­son: out­comes, strate­gies and utilities

Stuart_Armstrong3 May 2017 8:37 UTC
0 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

In­terthe­o­retic util­ity com­par­i­son: sim­ple theory

Stuart_Armstrong3 May 2017 8:36 UTC
1 point
8 comments4 min readLW link

Equil­ibria in ad­ver­sar­ial su­per­vised learning

RyanCarey3 May 2017 8:14 UTC
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Call for Spe­cial Is­sue on Su­per­in­tel­li­gence—Informatica

RyanCarey3 May 2017 5:08 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.informatica.si)

How I’d In­tro­duce LessWrong to an Outsider

Adam Zerner3 May 2017 4:32 UTC
10 points
25 comments7 min readLW link

Act­ing on your in­tended prefer­ences—What does that look like in prac­tice? (crit­i­cal in­tro­spec­tive ques­tions)

Elo3 May 2017 0:51 UTC
8 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

De­com­pos­ing the nor­mal com­puter con­trol problem

whpearson2 May 2017 21:47 UTC
4 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Find­ing re­flec­tive or­a­cle dis­tri­bu­tions us­ing a Kaku­tani map

jessicata2 May 2017 2:12 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ments, iter­a­tions and the sci­en­tific method

Elo2 May 2017 0:59 UTC
15 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Open thread, May. 1 - May. 7, 2017

Thomas1 May 2017 15:55 UTC
3 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

May 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris1 May 2017 10:26 UTC
3 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Bad in­tent is a dis­po­si­tion, not a feeling

Benquo1 May 2017 1:28 UTC
26 points
74 comments4 min readLW link

Nate Soares’ “As­sum­ing Good In­tent”

Raemon30 Apr 2017 17:45 UTC
19 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

There is No Akrasia

lifelonglearner30 Apr 2017 15:33 UTC
31 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Nate Soares’ Re­plac­ing Guilt Series com­piled in epub Format

lifelonglearner30 Apr 2017 6:36 UTC
33 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral Robots: Mak­ing sense of robot ethics. News aggregator

morganism29 Apr 2017 21:51 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(moral-robots.com)

Sta­tion­ary al­gorith­mic probability

Jacob_Hilton29 Apr 2017 17:23 UTC
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jacobh.co.uk)

Re­la­tion­ship com­pat­i­bil­ity as pat­terns of emo­tional associations

Kaj_Sotala29 Apr 2017 17:11 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

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

RobinZ29 Apr 2017 13:27 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New meet up in Las Ve­gas!

Adam Zerner28 Apr 2017 23:57 UTC
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC

l1n28 Apr 2017 18:50 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Change util­ity, re­duce extortion

Stuart_Armstrong28 Apr 2017 14:05 UTC
3 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Change util­ity, re­duce extortion

Stuart_Armstrong28 Apr 2017 13:58 UTC
1 point
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Su­per­in­tel­li­gence chap­ter 5

pepe_prime28 Apr 2017 13:17 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Stock­holm Slate Star Codex Meetup

pepe_prime28 Apr 2017 13:15 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing in­com­plete mod­els us­ing dom­i­nant markets

Vanessa Kosoy28 Apr 2017 9:57 UTC
1 point
0 comments9 min readLW link

Bound­edly Ra­tional Pa­tients? Health and Pa­tient Mis­takes in a Be­hav­ioral Framework

fortyeridania28 Apr 2017 1:01 UTC
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(papers.ssrn.com)

Meetup : Las Ve­gas Meetup

Adam Zerner28 Apr 2017 0:52 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sce­nario anal­y­sis: a parody

Stuart_Armstrong27 Apr 2017 15:21 UTC
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A per­mu­ta­tion ar­gu­ment for com­par­ing util­ity functions

Stuart_Armstrong27 Apr 2017 15:01 UTC
0 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Use and mi­suse of mod­els: case study

Stuart_Armstrong27 Apr 2017 14:36 UTC
26 points
4 comments3 min readLW link