How An Al­gorithm Feels From Inside

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 Feb 2008 2:35 UTC
252 points
83 comments4 min readLW link

Ta­boo Your Words

Eliezer Yudkowsky15 Feb 2008 22:53 UTC
243 points
130 comments3 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dagger

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Feb 2008 20:53 UTC
219 points
104 comments1 min readLW link

Leave a Line of Retreat

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Feb 2008 23:57 UTC
191 points
75 comments4 min readLW link

Dis­guised Queries

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Feb 2008 0:05 UTC
171 points
108 comments5 min readLW link

The Se­cond Law of Ther­mo­dy­nam­ics, and Eng­ines of Cognition

Eliezer Yudkowsky27 Feb 2008 0:48 UTC
168 points
73 comments9 min readLW link

The Cluster Struc­ture of Thingspace

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 Feb 2008 0:07 UTC
140 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Disput­ing Definitions

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Feb 2008 0:15 UTC
111 points
46 comments5 min readLW link

Fal­la­cies of Compression

Eliezer Yudkowsky17 Feb 2008 18:51 UTC
92 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­ten­sions and Intensions

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Feb 2008 21:34 UTC
92 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

Words as Hid­den Inferences

Eliezer Yudkowsky3 Feb 2008 23:36 UTC
89 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Re­place the Sym­bol with the Substance

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Feb 2008 18:12 UTC
85 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

The Parable of Hemlock

Eliezer Yudkowsky3 Feb 2008 2:01 UTC
83 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ing “By Defi­ni­tion”

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Feb 2008 23:37 UTC
81 points
41 comments4 min readLW link

Sneak­ing in Connotations

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Feb 2008 19:41 UTC
78 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Where to Draw the Boundary?

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Feb 2008 19:14 UTC
78 points
52 comments3 min readLW link

En­tropy, and Short Codes

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Feb 2008 3:16 UTC
77 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Per­pet­ual Mo­tion Beliefs

Eliezer Yudkowsky27 Feb 2008 20:22 UTC
69 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Cat­e­go­riz­ing Has Consequences

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Feb 2008 1:40 UTC
68 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Mu­tual In­for­ma­tion, and Den­sity in Thingspace

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Feb 2008 19:14 UTC
65 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

Search­ing for Bayes-Structure

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Feb 2008 22:01 UTC
60 points
48 comments5 min readLW link

Neu­ral Categories

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 Feb 2008 0:33 UTC
59 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Similar­ity Clusters

Eliezer Yudkowsky6 Feb 2008 3:34 UTC
58 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

The Ar­gu­ment from Com­mon Usage

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Feb 2008 16:24 UTC
58 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

Feel the Meaning

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Feb 2008 1:01 UTC
56 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Su­per­ex­po­nen­tial Con­ceptspace, and Sim­ple Words

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Feb 2008 23:59 UTC
52 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

Typ­i­cal­ity and Asym­met­ri­cal Similarity

Eliezer Yudkowsky6 Feb 2008 21:20 UTC
49 points
69 comments3 min readLW link

Empty Labels

Eliezer Yudkowsky14 Feb 2008 23:50 UTC
47 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Buy Now Or For­ever Hold Your Peace

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Feb 2008 21:42 UTC
39 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Clas­sic Sichuan in Millbrae, Thu Feb 21, 7pm

Eliezer Yudkowsky15 Feb 2008 0:21 UTC
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link