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Note: The following is a draft post I've had since 2009, and it's not great but it's worth posting for discussion. I do like the way that it

Would you like to see a primer on several MIRI research topics (assuming only the background of having taken a course with proofs in math or

Today, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute is launching a new forum for research discussion: the Intelligent Agent Foundations Forum

I'm proud to announce the preprint of Robust Cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma: Program Equilibrium via Provability Logic, a joint paper

After a recent comment thread degenerated into an argument about trolling, moderation, and meta discussions, I came to the following conclus

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I'm writing to recommend something awesome to anyone who's recently signed up for cryonics (and to the future self of anyone who's about to

(Cross-posted from elsewhere; I thought some readers here might like it too. Please excuse the unusually informal style.) Short answer: Ac

Followup to: Decision Theories, Part 3.5: Halt, Melt and Catch Fire, Decision Theories: A Semi-Formal Analysis, Part III The thing about d

Followup to: Decision Theories: A Semi-Formal Analysis, Part III UPDATE: As it turns out, rumors of Masquerade's demise seem to have been