Events

We’re overdue for a day of sharing concepts. Let’s use this meetup to discuss concepts that have helped us to think about important issue. Nash equilibrium: a situation where no one can improve by changing their behavior alone. Superstimulus: something that is finely tuned to appeal to you and is much better than ancestral humans could have […]

Come celebrate the Summer Solstice and Irrationalist Day, the one day of the year where you get a free pass to break from rationalist norms! Indulge your tarot cards, horoscopes, handwriting analysis, and whatever else! Bring some food/drink to share and, if you wish, something to indulge your irrationalist tendencies. Date: Friday, June 20th Location:

A few of us went to the LW conference, LessOnline (as well as the Summer Camp and Manifest) over the previous week and will have experiences to share. Also, you’re welcome to share any other conferences you like that may be of interest to the group. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N.

We have the megameetup this Saturday, May 24th, instead of our usual meetup, at Brewtorium, starting at noon. Full details on the LessWrong site.

At this meetup, we’ll take some time to share any interesting articles or content that we’ve watched, read, or listened to that might be of interest to the group. *** 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

We’ll have a special guest this time, Jacob Barhak, a mathematical modeler who has presented on the rapidly evolving legal issues around AI and LLMs. He will lead a discussion on the topic. Here is the abstract: The talk will cover recent legal issues with AI and government regulations that started forming. It will also

Time again to keep up our practice using the biggest recent advances in AI! Share what you’ve done with LLMs like ChatGPT, and let’s figure out what other experiments we can do together. Might be a good idea to bring a laptop. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe

Most of the regulars will be at Eeyore’s Birthday, a longtime Austin tradition where folks congregate in Pease Park (sic) for live music, drum circles, and generally just being hippies (Wikipedia page). Please join us! Time: 11am-8pm Location: Pease Park, 1100 Kingsbury St Be advised: 1) It is not possible to park on the street. Please see the transportation info on

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” list. We’ve

Hope to see you at the Spring ACX Everywhere event for Austin! It will replace the usual Saturday meetup. LessWrong Event Link. RSVP to help with planning. Date: Saturday, May 24th, 2025 Time: 12pm until at least 5pm. Show up whenever. Location: The Brewtorium, 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752; We’ll have a LessWrong