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DragonGod27 Aug 2017 21:57 UTC

7 points

61 comments9 min readLW link

The Contrarian Sequences

DragonGod27 Aug 2017 19:33 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Funding opportunity for AI alignment research

paulfchristiano27 Aug 2017 5:23 UTC

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Rational Feed

sapphire27 Aug 2017 3:49 UTC

18 points

1 comment14 min readLW link

Escaping the Premium Mediocre

Jacob Falkovich27 Aug 2017 0:47 UTC

1 point

0 comments10 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Play in Hard Mode

Zvi26 Aug 2017 19:00 UTC

43 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Play in Easy Mode

Zvi26 Aug 2017 18:57 UTC

23 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

The Limits of Correctness, by Bryan Cantwell Smith [pdf]

cousin_it25 Aug 2017 11:36 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca)

Could the Maxipok rule have catastrophic consequences? (I argue yes.)

philosophytorres25 Aug 2017 10:00 UTC

10 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

When “I’m here” means nothing

squidious25 Aug 2017 7:00 UTC

2 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(www.blogger.com)

Paranoia testing

Elo25 Aug 2017 4:41 UTC

0 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Social Insight: Status Exchange: When an Insult Is a Compliment, When a Compliment Is an Insult

Bound_up25 Aug 2017 3:57 UTC

9 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

What is Rational?

DragonGod24 Aug 2017 22:35 UTC

3 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

A Decision Problem

DragonGod24 Aug 2017 21:53 UTC

0 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Using modal fixed points to formalize logical causality

cousin_it24 Aug 2017 14:33 UTC

21 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Nasas ambitious plan to save earth from a supervolcano

ChristianKl24 Aug 2017 10:01 UTC

7 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bbc.com)

Habits 101: Techniques and Research

lifelonglearner22 Aug 2017 10:54 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Emotional labour

Elo22 Aug 2017 0:54 UTC

6 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

It is easy to expose users’ secret web habits, say researchers

ChristianKl21 Aug 2017 7:05 UTC

6 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bbc.com)

Open thread, August 21 - August 27, 2017

Thomas21 Aug 2017 6:13 UTC

1 point

71 comments1 min readLW link

The new spring of artificial intelligence: A few early economics

fortyeridania21 Aug 2017 2:06 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(voxeu.org)

Ten small life improvements

paulfchristiano20 Aug 2017 19:09 UTC

39 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

Altruism is Incomplete

Zvi20 Aug 2017 16:29 UTC

2 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

Paths Forward on Berkeley Culture Discussion

Zvi20 Aug 2017 16:27 UTC

4 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Multiverse-wide Cooperation via Correlated Decision Making

Kaj_Sotala20 Aug 2017 12:01 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

Autopoietic systems and difficulty of AGI alignment

jessicata20 Aug 2017 1:05 UTC

14 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

The Reality of Emergence

DragonGod19 Aug 2017 21:58 UTC

8 points

47 comments5 min readLW link

Like-Minded Forums

Bound_up19 Aug 2017 18:26 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Embracing Metamodernism

Gordon Seidoh Worley18 Aug 2017 19:23 UTC

13 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Seattle Minimum Wage Study (Part 3): Tell Me Why I’m Wrong, Please!

Zvi17 Aug 2017 23:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Conditioning on Conditionals

Scott Garrabrant17 Aug 2017 1:15 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Density Zero Exploration

AlexMennen17 Aug 2017 0:43 UTC

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Logical Induction with incomputable sequences

AlexMennen17 Aug 2017 0:39 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Stable Pointers to Value: An Agent Embedded in Its Own Utility Function

abramdemski17 Aug 2017 0:22 UTC

15 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

Tabooing Science + an xkcd comic about the eclipse—“Honestly, it’s not that scientific.”

Voltairina16 Aug 2017 15:19 UTC

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Take my Job

Jacob Falkovich16 Aug 2017 15:00 UTC

1 point

0 comments7 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

We need to think more about Terminal Values

[deleted]16 Aug 2017 7:50 UTC

2 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Social Insight: When a Lie Is Not a Lie; When a Truth Is Not a Truth—Pt. 2

Bound_up15 Aug 2017 0:53 UTC

3 points

29 comments5 min readLW link

[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique

SquirrelInHell14 Aug 2017 21:05 UTC

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Open thread, August 14 - August 20, 2017

Thomas14 Aug 2017 7:48 UTC

2 points

59 comments1 min readLW link

What is Rationalist Berkey’s Community Culture

sapphire13 Aug 2017 18:36 UTC

0 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

What Is Rationalist Berkley’s Community Culture?

Zvi12 Aug 2017 15:21 UTC

7 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Choices Are Really Bad

Zvi12 Aug 2017 14:19 UTC

1 point

0 comments7 min readLW link

Repairing Anxiety using Internal and External locus of control models

Elo12 Aug 2017 8:05 UTC

4 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Social Insight: When a Lie Is Not a Lie; When a Truth Is Not a Truth

Bound_up11 Aug 2017 18:28 UTC

14 points

58 comments2 min readLW link

Prediction should be a sport

chaosmage10 Aug 2017 7:55 UTC

22 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

China’s Plan to ‘Lead’ in AI: Purpose, Prospects, and Problems

fortyeridania10 Aug 2017 1:54 UTC

7 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.newamerica.org)

The Lizard People Of Alpha Draconis 1 Decided To Build An Ansible

Scott Alexander10 Aug 2017 0:33 UTC

37 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

Bi-weekly Rational Feed

sapphire8 Aug 2017 13:56 UTC

29 points

4 comments13 min readLW link

CIRL Wireheading

tom4everitt8 Aug 2017 6:33 UTC

3 points

4 comments2 min readLW link