Since it’s Thanksgiving season, let’s use this meetup to share what we’re thankful for. Also take this as a chance to praise other attendees for things you like about them — just in case you haven’t gotten around to it! *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW […]

We will have our 2024 Austin Winter Solstice on Friday, December 20th. Doors open 6pm. Details to come.

Another chance to toy around with ChatGPT and related AI LLM bots as a group! Previous times we had fun combining our ideas on how to use these great new tools, so let’s do it again! *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and

The theme for this meetup will be traditions. We’ll talk about the role of traditions in our lives, and the ones that LessWrong has spawned like Petrov Day and references to Roko’s Basilisk. Plus, the big one we’re planning to keep alive: Austin LessWrong’s Winter Solstice celebration! And, of course, we’ll leave time for the

With November 2nd as Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos, let’s use this as a chance to talk about the struggle to prevent/end death and extend life, as well as related topics like cryonics. Also, is there anyone who has passed that you think deserves an honorable mention? Share it at the meetup! LW

(Infohazard: something you could be game-theoretically hurt by learning of.) Every year around Halloween, we like to talk about “spooky rationality” — the things you’ve learned about from LessWrong and rationalist circles that scare you. To repeat the whirlwind tour of examples: Moloch, the problem you can’t help but contribute to! Abandon all hope ye

Two group members have started documents trying to get a handle on what votes to make recommendations on. We can use them to get started: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vr1Z3Jru-hZ68VXikUUVFoC4NG1E9fYSUcIRS_8g-58/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uXycPS9pSQnPU8woUJvhtFrgH-h41hxXhmFNOrSBSkI/edit?tab=t.0

As announced on Scott Alexander’s blog, we’ll be hosting ACX Ballots Everywhere for Austin. We’ll look at the local elections, research them, and make recommendations for the important ones, to be shared on Scott’s blog. (Where there is disagreement, he asks that we post a good summary of each view.) See the original blog post

First, a big welcome to those who met the group for the first time at ACX Everywhere last week! Looking forward to seeing you again at our Saturday meetup! For the topic, it’s time once again for calibration practice! Using a series of numerical estimate questions about the real world, see if you can set

It’s that time of year again! Instead of our regular cafe meetup at Central Market on North Lamar, we’ll be in the park behind it, by the stone tables, with tents set up. Event starts at noon. Full event details here. Like previous iterations, we’ll have breakfast tacos, including vegan options. But also feel free