Note: There will be no regular cafe meetup this day. Instead, this Saturday evening we will be hosting Irrationalist Day, a party where we can let loose and embrace the irrational side of ourselves. Come join us on Saturday evening for a night of fun, laughter, and maybe even a few ghostly encounters. Bring your […]

NOTE: We are returning to our standard, original location at Central Market for this meetup. See footer. How good are you at inferring rules governing observed data? Test it out by playing Zendo, a game where players must infer the rule governing how shapes can be set up. You’re also welcome to bring your own

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. Book swap! Do you have a book that’s been collecting dust and deserves to be read by someone else for a change?

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”