Events

The question of when superintelligent AI will arrive has been a topic for a long time. At the meetup, we’ll discuss the literature around predicting timelines, and how they’ve changed in response to new developments, using this and this as starting points for discussion. “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” — Yogi […]

Instead of our usual cafe meetup, we will have a house party celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Date: July 4, 2026 Time: Doors open 5pm Full details and shareable link at Partiful.

As you may know, this month, several members went to LessWrong’s big annual gathering, composed of LessOnline, Lighthaven Summer Camp, and Manifest. At this Saturday’s meetup, we’ll share our experiences and big takeaways. Update: We’re in the upstairs indoor cafe area. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look

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. Doors open 6pm, but feel

Time once again to play the Schelling Game! We’ll take turns announcing a category and then try to pick the member of that category that everyone else did. This game tests your ability to reason about common knowledge and expectations. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look

Per the ACX announcement, our Spring megameetup is coming up! Date: Saturday, May 30th Time: 12pm-5pm Location: Brewtorium at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 See full event details and RSVP here. Appetizers will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Time again for discussion of rituals and their role in our lives, both the “daily routine” type and those done as part of a broader community. “Ritual” on LW Concept Portal *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving

Per the ACX announcement, our Spring megameetup is coming up! Date: Saturday, May 30th Time: 12pm-5pm Location: Brewtorium at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 See full event details and RSVP here. Appetizers will be provided.

It’s time once again for calibration practice! Using a series of numerical estimate questions about the real world, see if you can set a 75% confidence interval on the answers such that the correct answer is your interval 75% of the time, no more, no less. As in previous practices, we’ll draw questions from the

As a way to better get to know each other, we’ll split into groups of 3 and construct Venn Diagrams of the members of that group: where they overlap, and what is unique about each person. Then we’ll rotate groups and share what we learned. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar,