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. This time we’ll try a variant of group debugging: help each other set goals, make sure we have the resources to […]
Meetup 7/8: (NEW LOCATION) Personal Development Read More »
Time again to share your favorite writings from the LW/SSC/rationality-sphere! What did you like about it, and what did it mean to you? *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at 1:30 pm, and the main activity will
Cafe Meetup 7/1: Favorite LW/SSC Articles Read More »
The votes are in and A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram will be the next book that we are reading together! A digital version of the book is made available by the author for free online here: https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/ Our first meeting reading the book will be the Wednesday after next, at 6:00PM CST
Book Club June 2023 Voting Results Read More »
This week’s topic will be genetic engineering and inequality. What impact will genetic engineering have on the future, in particular, the increases differences between humans. Should we be worried? Are we headed toward Gattaca? LW Tag for genetics *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the
Cafe Meetup 6/24: Genetic Engineering and Inequality Read More »
Nominations are in and voting can now begin! You can vote using the following link: https://strawpoll.com/polls/e2nar0bD9gB The voting will close on Sunday, June 25th at 8am (2023/06/25 08:00:00 CDT). After that our first meeting to read the first section of the book will be on Wednesday, July 5th at 7pm (2023/07/05 19:00:00 CDT). Looking forward
Book Club June 2023 Voting Read More »
With AI all over the news, it’s time to have a discussion of AI risk, Friendly AI, and the Alignment Problem. Some links to get you up to speed: LW repository on AI risk LW repository on Alignment Eliezer Yudkowksy’s open letter advocating shutdown of post-GPT4 AI *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001
Cafe Meetup 6/17: AI Risk Read More »
It’s time for us to nominate a new book to read for the Austin Less Wrong Book Club! We are adjusting the book club schedule slightly for this book, we will now be meeting every two weeks on Wednesdays at 6pm CST. We will evaluate how well this worked next time. For those who aren’t
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Lightning talk again! We’ll take turns giving one, aiming for about 10-15 minutes each. What is a lightning talk? It’s where you introduce the group to something you’re familiar with and are comfortable talking about. It doesn’t have to be “rationality related”, just something you have a good enough understanding of that you can take questions about from
Cafe Meetup 6/10: Lightning Talks! Read More »
Reminder that we’re having our twice-yearly megameetup this Saturday, June 3rd, at The Brewtorium, 12pm-5pm. This is at a different location from, and replaces, our usual meetup. See the announcement and RSVP here.
Reminder: ACX Megameetup this Saturday 6/3 Read More »
Time to take a chance to (re)discover the rationalist virtues! Check out Yudkowsky’s original Twelve Virtues of Rationality, and talk about which ones feel meaningful to you. Related, you also might want to check out this recent Substack piece on intellectual humility by Gena Gorlin. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar,
Cafe Meetup 5/27: Rationalist Virtues Read More »
