All 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 201620172018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

All Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul AugSepOct Nov Dec

All12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

The Doomsday argument in anthropic decision theory

Stuart_Armstrong31 Aug 2017 13:44 UTC

11 points

58 comments3 min readLW link

The Doomsday argument in anthropic decision theory

Stuart_Armstrong31 Aug 2017 13:20 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

What you can’t say to a sympathetic ear

KatjaGrace31 Aug 2017 0:05 UTC

9 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Critiquing other people’s plans politely

KatjaGrace30 Aug 2017 23:25 UTC

1 point

0 comments5 min readLW link

Intrinsic properties and Eliezer’s metaethics

Tyrrell_McAllister29 Aug 2017 23:26 UTC

18 points

27 comments6 min readLW link

Is there a flaw in the simulation argument?

philosophytorres29 Aug 2017 14:34 UTC

2 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

Doing a big survey on work, stress, and productivity. Feedback / anything you’re curious about?

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)29 Aug 2017 14:19 UTC

1 point

16 comments1 min readLW link

Request For Collaboration

DragonGod28 Aug 2017 23:05 UTC

1 point

3 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, August 28 - September 3, 2017

Thomas28 Aug 2017 6:11 UTC

1 point

71 comments1 min readLW link

FACTS ARE FACTS?

arisen28 Aug 2017 4:13 UTC

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

P: 0 ⇐ P ⇐ 1

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