Silas Barta

NOTE: We are temporarily at a different location for this meetup — The Brewtorium, at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 (By ACC Highland, near Airport Blvd and 290). Details in footer. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the breakthrough successes of GPT3 and ChatGPT. Share your experiences using these […]

NOTE: We are going to try a different location for this meetup — The Brewtorium, at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 (By ACC Highland, near Airport Blvd and 290). Details in footer. Theme for this time will be cryonics. Have you ever thought of making arrangements to have yourself frozen after legal death

NOTE: We are going to try a different location for this meetup — The Brewtorium, at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 (By ACC Highland, near Airport Blvd and 290). Details in footer. Theme for this time will be the Simulation Argument: “If a (sufficiently well-)simulated being feels like a real one, and advanced

Can you believe it’s been almost two years since the Snowpocalypse? We shared our experiences back then and posted them to LessWrong. In light of this week’s mini-freeze and partial power outage, let’s reflect on the past incident and how it compares to the more recent one. Be sure to check out the link above

WARNING: Be advised that some parts of the cafe are under construction and will be for the next month. Suggestions for alternate Saturday venues for future meetups are welcome. This Saturday, we will be holding elections for a new ban committee, as per the previous email. Since it will take a lot of the time

Time once again to work on our worldmodel-connectedness skills with Taboo! Taboo is a board game, but also a rationalist exercise that tests your worldmodel’s ability to maintain a deep understanding across domains. You are required to get others to say a target word, while also restricted from using certain related words from a “prohibited”

Note: This meetup will be held in the Central Market Park area rather than the usual location. Please bring a picnic blanket or outdoor chair if you can. We will have the two tents from the megameetup for shade. This Saturday we will discuss our group decision-making process and have some administration announcements. With the

We didn’t get to it at our last meetup, so this time we’ll review last year’s predictions and make new ones for the next year — a LessWrong tradition! Bring your laptop if you want to make it easier to follow the spreadsheets. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the

Can you believe a year has passed? We’ll use this time to review the group’s activities and accomplishments for 2022. Come with your fond memories! We’ll also make predictions for 2023, and, if we have time, score our past predictions for the current year. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in