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Models of human relationships—tools to understand people
Elo
Jul 29, 2017, 3:31 AM
29
points
27
comments
22
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)
Type Theory quick question
Faustus2
Jul 26, 2017, 7:57 PM
0
points
6
comments
1
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)
Sleeping Beauty Problem Can Be Explained by Perspective Disagreement (IV)
Xianda_GAO_duplicate0.5321505782395719
Jul 26, 2017, 1:01 AM
1
point
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Ignorant, irrelevant, and inscrutable (rationalism critiques)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 25, 2017, 9:57 PM
2
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meaningness.com)
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
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
Bayesian statistics as epistemic advantage
Dr_Manhattan
Jul 25, 2017, 5:07 PM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Steelmanning as an alternative to Rationalist Taboo
cousin_it
Jul 25, 2017, 4:27 PM
1
point
2
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
Epistemological Implications of a Reduction of Theoretical Implausibility to Cognitive Dissonance
common_law
Jul 25, 2017, 1:29 AM
0
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
Jul 24, 2017, 9:56 PM
10
points
1
comment
15
min read
LW
link
Write Down Your Process
Zvi
Jul 24, 2017, 9:02 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is Altruism Selfish?
DragonGod
Jul 24, 2017, 7:41 AM
2
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, July 24 - July 30, 2017
Thomas
Jul 24, 2017, 7:28 AM
1
point
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
War of Wages part 1 – Apples and WalMarts
Jacob Falkovich
Jul 24, 2017, 1:46 AM
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
What is Intelligence?
DragonGod
Jul 23, 2017, 12:12 AM
0
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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
Sleeping Beauty Problem Can Be Explained by Perspective Disagreement (III)
Xianda_GAO_duplicate0.5321505782395719
Jul 22, 2017, 2:50 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Choices are Bad
Zvi
Jul 22, 2017, 11:51 AM
10
points
1
comment
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
Can anyone refute these arguments that we live on the interior of a hollow Earth?
Fivehundred
Jul 21, 2017, 4:51 PM
−4
points
96
comments
1
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
Ways of Seeing
ig0r
Jul 21, 2017, 1:42 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The dark arts: Examples from the Harris-Adams conversation
Stabilizer
Jul 20, 2017, 11:42 PM
22
points
73
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Be my neighbor
KatjaGrace
Jul 20, 2017, 8:16 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
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)
Change Is Bad
Zvi
Jul 20, 2017, 12:48 AM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sam Harris and Scott Adams debate Trump: a model rationalist disagreement
James_Miller
Jul 20, 2017, 12:18 AM
2
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.samharris.org)
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
Sleeping Beauty Problem Can Be Explained by Perspective Disagreement (I)
Xianda_GAO_duplicate0.5321505782395719
Jul 19, 2017, 10:11 PM
1
point
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Looking for ideas about Epistemology related topics
Onemorenickname
Jul 19, 2017, 6:56 PM
1
point
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book Reviews
Torello
Jul 18, 2017, 2:19 PM
6
points
4
comments
1
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
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
1
min read
LW
link
(www.biorxiv.org)
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)
Open thread, Jul. 17 - Jul. 23, 2017
MrMind
Jul 17, 2017, 8:15 AM
1
point
70
comments
1
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
Machine Learning Group
Regex
Jul 16, 2017, 8:58 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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
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)
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)
“Like this world, but...”
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 14, 2017, 8:40 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Delegative Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Vanessa Kosoy
Jul 12, 2017, 12:18 PM
15
points
13
comments
16
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
On the Seattle Minimum Wage Study (part 2)
Zvi
Jul 11, 2017, 11:15 PM
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
History of ATEE
IAFF-User-239
Jul 11, 2017, 6:18 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Becoming stronger together
b4yes_duplicate0.9924090729683128
Jul 11, 2017, 1:00 PM
30
points
39
comments
9
min read
LW
link
In praise of fake frameworks
Valentine
Jul 11, 2017, 2:12 AM
116
points
15
comments
7
min read
LW
link
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