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Empirical philosophy and inversions
Charlie Steiner
Dec 29, 2017, 12:12 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Against Love Languages
Ben Pace
Dec 29, 2017, 9:51 AM
19
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Spot Check: Full Catastrophe Living (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
Elizabeth
Dec 29, 2017, 6:10 AM
17
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Comments on Power Law Distribution of Individual Impact
Ben Pace
Dec 29, 2017, 1:49 AM
21
points
22
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Why did everything take so long?
KatjaGrace
Dec 29, 2017, 1:00 AM
34
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
The expected value of the long-term future
[deleted]
Dec 28, 2017, 10:46 PM
11
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
More Stubs of Posts I want to Write
Raemon
Dec 28, 2017, 10:25 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Writing Down Conversations
Raemon
Dec 28, 2017, 10:08 PM
53
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Maps vs Buttons; Nerds vs Normies
Bound_up
Dec 28, 2017, 9:11 PM
24
points
23
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Dan Dennett on Stances
Charlie Steiner
Dec 27, 2017, 8:15 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ase.tufts.edu)
TSR #7: Universal Principles
Hazard
Dec 27, 2017, 1:54 AM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
AlphaGo variant reaches superhuman play in multiple games
scarcegreengrass
Dec 26, 2017, 4:19 PM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.theguardian.com)
The Story CFAR
Zvi
Dec 25, 2017, 3:10 PM
20
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
2017 AI Safety Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
Dec 24, 2017, 6:52 PM
41
points
5
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Idea: Monthly Community Thread
Chris_Leong
Dec 24, 2017, 12:43 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Am not a Tax Lawyer
Jacob Falkovich
Dec 24, 2017, 3:20 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
ICO to Build Next Generation AI Raises $36 Million in 60 Seconds
Rain
Dec 23, 2017, 2:53 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(cointelegraph.com)
The Behavioral Economics of Welfare
Vanessa Kosoy
Dec 22, 2017, 11:35 AM
9
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The essay “Interstellar Communication Using Microbes: Implications for SETI” has implications for The Great Filter.
MakerOfErrors
Dec 22, 2017, 6:05 AM
16
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationalist Politicians
Bound_up
Dec 21, 2017, 11:29 PM
9
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
RSS feed crashes my reader app
CronoDAS
Dec 21, 2017, 5:11 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2018 AI Safety Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
Dec 20, 2017, 10:04 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(effective-altruism.com)
Happiness Is a Chore
SquirrelInHell
Dec 20, 2017, 11:13 AM
14
points
30
comments
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)
Happiness Is a Chore
SquirrelInHell
Dec 20, 2017, 11:11 AM
0
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Mana
Ziz
Dec 20, 2017, 2:24 AM
18
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
TSR #6: Strength and Weakness
Hazard
Dec 19, 2017, 10:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CFAR 2017 Retrospective
Valentine
Dec 19, 2017, 7:38 PM
26
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Philosophy of Numbers (part 2)
Charlie Steiner
Dec 19, 2017, 1:57 PM
3
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Thinking as the Crow Flies: Part 3 - Tokens, Syntax, and Expressions
Anthony Hart
Dec 18, 2017, 11:38 PM
3
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Bay Solstice 2017: Thoughts
PDV
Dec 18, 2017, 10:04 AM
12
points
102
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Books I read 2017 - Part 1. Relationships, Learning
Elo
Dec 18, 2017, 9:38 AM
17
points
10
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Value learning subproblem: learning goals of simple agents
AlexMennen
Dec 18, 2017, 2:05 AM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Longview Anarchism: Transcending the Existential Threat of Freedom
abbeybee
Dec 17, 2017, 10:30 PM
5
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
I Vouch For MIRI
Zvi
Dec 17, 2017, 5:50 PM
39
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Pascal’s Muggle Pays
Zvi
Dec 16, 2017, 8:40 PM
25
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Improvement Without Superstition
Zachary Jacobi
Dec 16, 2017, 8:01 PM
40
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Truth is Symmetric
ErnestScribbler
Dec 16, 2017, 2:52 PM
10
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Extinction Dilemma
DragonGod
Dec 16, 2017, 1:52 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Simler and Hanson on Our Hidden Motivations in Everyday Life
Kieran Mccarthy
Dec 16, 2017, 1:41 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(joyousandswift.org)
Book Review: The Complacent Class
Zvi
Dec 16, 2017, 1:10 PM
10
points
3
comments
17
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
A New Sequence on Rationality
DragonGod
Dec 16, 2017, 11:08 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
End of the Year Matching Challenge (Altruism)
DragonGod
Dec 16, 2017, 3:23 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(intelligence.org)
Security services relationship to social movements
whpearson
Dec 15, 2017, 10:56 PM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Why Bayesians should two-box in a one-shot
PhilGoetz
Dec 15, 2017, 5:39 PM
0
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Youtube channel devoted to the art of rationality
MrMind
Dec 15, 2017, 11:42 AM
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In the presence of disinformation, collective epistemology requires local modeling
jessicata
Dec 15, 2017, 9:54 AM
77
points
39
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meaning wars
Elo
Dec 14, 2017, 11:17 PM
11
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Against the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Penalty
AlexMennen
Dec 14, 2017, 6:38 PM
41
points
47
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The Perils of the Security Mindset taken too far
whpearson
Dec 13, 2017, 10:34 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guarding Slack vs Substance
Raemon
Dec 13, 2017, 8:58 PM
42
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
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