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In praise of fake frameworks
Valentine
Jul 11, 2017, 2:12 AM
117
points
15
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Against lone wolf self-improvement
cousin_it
Jul 7, 2017, 3:31 PM
46
points
73
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bayesian probability theory as extended logic—a new result
ksvanhorn
Jul 6, 2017, 7:14 PM
37
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rescuing the Extropy Magazine archives
Deku-shrub
Jul 1, 2017, 2:25 PM
35
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Models of human relationships—tools to understand people
Elo
Jul 29, 2017, 3:31 AM
30
points
27
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Becoming stronger together
b4yes_duplicate0.9924090729683128
Jul 11, 2017, 1:00 PM
30
points
39
comments
9
min read
LW
link
How I [Kaj] found & fixed the root problem behind my depression and anxiety after 20+ years
Kaj_Sotala
Jul 26, 2017, 12:56 PM
23
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Book Review: Mathematics for Computer Science (Suggestion for MIRI Research Guide)
richard_reitz
Jul 22, 2017, 7:26 PM
22
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Current thoughts on Paul Christano’s research agenda
jessicata
Jul 16, 2017, 9:08 PM
22
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Game Theory & The Golden Rule (From Reddit)
Brillyant
Jul 28, 2017, 1:54 PM
22
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ncase.me)
The dark arts: Examples from the Harris-Adams conversation
Stabilizer
Jul 20, 2017, 11:42 PM
22
points
72
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open Problems Regarding Counterfactuals: An Introduction For Beginners
Diffractor
Jul 18, 2017, 2:21 AM
21
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.overleaf.com)
Subtle Forms of Confirmation Bias
abramdemski
Jul 3, 2017, 11:00 PM
20
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Spot Check: A Guide To Better Movement (Todd Hargrove)
Elizabeth
Jul 1, 2017, 5:20 AM
16
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
LessWrong Is Not about Forum Software, LessWrong Is about Posts (Or: How to Immanentize the LW 2.0 Eschaton in 2.5 Easy Steps!)
enye-word
Jul 15, 2017, 9:35 PM
16
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox (Applied Bayesianism)
shin_getter
Jul 3, 2017, 9:44 AM
16
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk)
Daniel Dewey on MIRI’s Highly Reliable Agent Design Work
lifelonglearner
Jul 9, 2017, 4:35 AM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(effective-altruism.com)
Delegative Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Vanessa Kosoy
Jul 12, 2017, 12:18 PM
15
points
13
comments
16
min read
LW
link
People don’t have beliefs any more than they have goals: Beliefs As Body Language
Bound_up
Jul 25, 2017, 5:41 PM
15
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
Jul 9, 2017, 7:11 PM
14
points
0
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Change Is Bad
Zvi
Jul 20, 2017, 12:48 AM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How long has civilisation been going?
Elo
Jul 22, 2017, 6:41 AM
11
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
90% of problems are recommendation and adaption problems
casebash
Jul 12, 2017, 4:53 AM
11
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
Jul 24, 2017, 9:56 PM
10
points
1
comment
15
min read
LW
link
Steelmanning the Chinese Room Argument
cousin_it
Jul 6, 2017, 9:37 AM
10
points
313
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Choices are Bad
Zvi
Jul 22, 2017, 11:51 AM
10
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
MILA gets a grant for AI safety research
Dr_Manhattan
Jul 21, 2017, 3:34 PM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Machine Learning Group
Regex
Jul 16, 2017, 8:58 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Smoking Lesion Steelman
abramdemski
Jul 2, 2017, 2:17 AM
9
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Timeline of Machine Intelligence Research Institute
riceissa
Jul 15, 2017, 4:57 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(timelines.issarice.com)
The Internet as an existential threat
Kaj_Sotala
Jul 9, 2017, 11:40 AM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.raphkoster.com)
Developmental Psychology in The Age of Ems
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 3, 2017, 6:53 PM
7
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Call to action
Elo
Jul 7, 2017, 9:10 AM
7
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On the computational feasibility of forecasting using gamblers
Vanessa Kosoy
Jul 18, 2017, 2:00 PM
7
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What Value Subagents?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 20, 2017, 7:19 PM
7
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Examples of Superintelligence Risk (by Jeff Kaufman)
Wei Dai
Jul 15, 2017, 4:03 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Should I study hypnosis?
Bound_up
Jul 30, 2017, 5:11 PM
6
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Complexity Is Bad
Zvi
Jul 25, 2017, 12:00 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mini map of s-risks
turchin
Jul 8, 2017, 12:33 PM
6
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book Reviews
Torello
Jul 18, 2017, 2:19 PM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sleeping Beauty Problem Can Be Explained by Perspective Disagreement (II)
Xianda_GAO_duplicate0.5321505782395719
Jul 19, 2017, 11:00 PM
5
points
42
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Certain Questions
ig0r
Jul 4, 2017, 3:37 AM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Some Criticisms of the Logical Induction paper
IAFF-User-10
Jul 1, 2017, 9:29 PM
4
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
Open thread, July 10 - July 16, 2017
Thomas
Jul 10, 2017, 6:31 AM
4
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Best Of Rationality Blogs RSS Feed
SquirrelInHell
Jul 10, 2017, 11:11 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A combined analysis of genetically correlated traits identifies 107 loci associated with intelligence | bioRxiv
RyanCarey
Jul 18, 2017, 6:30 AM
4
points
1
comment
LW
link
(www.biorxiv.org)
What Are The Chances of Actually Achieving FAI?
Bound_up
Jul 25, 2017, 8:57 PM
3
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New Relationship Energy as an Emotional Bias
squidious
Jul 8, 2017, 7:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.blogger.com)
Postdoc opening at U. of Washington in AI law and policy
mindspillage
Jul 7, 2017, 6:53 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(techpolicylab.org)
On the Seattle Minimum Wage Study (part 1)
Zvi
Jul 9, 2017, 7:44 PM
2
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
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