Friendly, but Dumb: Why for­mal Friendli­ness proofs may not be as safe as they appear

apopheniaApr 19, 2010, 11:38 PM
12 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The (Boltz­mann) Brain-In-A-Jar

PlatypusNinjaApr 19, 2010, 7:30 PM
4 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Fun­da­men­tal Question

MBlumeApr 19, 2010, 4:09 PM
65 points
288 comments1 min readLW link

a meta-anti-akra­sia strat­egy that might just work

MartinBApr 19, 2010, 2:21 AM
21 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Might law save us from un­car­ing AI?

KatjaGraceApr 18, 2010, 6:02 AM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

VNM ex­pected util­ity the­ory: uses, abuses, and interpretation

AcademianApr 17, 2010, 8:23 PM
36 points
51 comments10 min readLW link

Elud­ing At­ten­tion Hijacks

ABrancoApr 17, 2010, 3:23 AM
24 points
23 comments8 min readLW link

At­ten­tion Lurk­ers: Please say hi

KevinApr 16, 2010, 8:46 PM
48 points
636 comments1 min readLW link

When is forced or­gan self­ish­ness good for you?

KatjaGraceApr 16, 2010, 1:43 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Con­cepts Problem

Kaj_SotalaApr 16, 2010, 6:21 AM
14 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Self-in­di­ca­tion as­sump­tion is wrong for in­ter­est­ing reasons

neq1Apr 16, 2010, 4:51 AM
2 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

The many faces of status

MorendilApr 15, 2010, 3:31 PM
48 points
109 comments7 min readLW link

A LessWrong poster for the Hu­man­ity+ con­fer­ence next Saturday

Paul CrowleyApr 14, 2010, 9:38 PM
11 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

How does in­for­ma­tion af­fect hookups?

KatjaGraceApr 14, 2010, 2:00 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Prefer­ence util­i­tar­ian mea­sure of his­tor­i­cal welfare

tawApr 14, 2010, 1:32 PM
11 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

Ugh fields

RokoApr 12, 2010, 5:06 PM
418 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

Self-mod­ifi­ca­tion is the cor­rect jus­tifi­ca­tion for up­date­less de­ci­sion theory

BenyaApr 11, 2010, 4:39 PM
25 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity Call For Papers

CarlShulmanApr 10, 2010, 4:08 PM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup af­ter Hu­man­ity+ , Lon­don, Satur­day 2010-04-24?

Paul CrowleyApr 10, 2010, 12:54 PM
6 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Last Number

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 10, 2010, 12:09 PM
3 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

Swim­ming in Reasons

steven0461Apr 10, 2010, 1:24 AM
20 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Bos­ton area meetup April 18

jimrandomhApr 9, 2010, 11:53 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Fre­quen­tist Magic vs. Bayesian Magic

Wei DaiApr 8, 2010, 8:34 PM
58 points
83 comments3 min readLW link

Ureshiku Naritai

AlicornApr 8, 2010, 8:08 PM
243 points
159 comments6 min readLW link

Open Thread: April 2010, Part 2

UnnamedApr 8, 2010, 3:09 AM
6 points
202 comments1 min readLW link

Pain and gain motivation

Kaj_SotalaApr 7, 2010, 6:48 PM
70 points
144 comments4 min readLW link

Sin­gle Point of Mo­ral Failure

AlexandrosApr 6, 2010, 10:44 PM
18 points
69 comments3 min readLW link

Lampshading

AlicornApr 6, 2010, 8:03 PM
24 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

An­thropic an­swers to log­i­cal un­cer­tain­ties?

RokoApr 6, 2010, 5:51 PM
16 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Late Great Filter Is Not Bad News

Wei DaiApr 4, 2010, 4:17 AM
19 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

Free copy of Feyn­man’s au­to­bi­og­ra­phy for best corny ra­tio­nal­ist joke

GreenRootApr 4, 2010, 12:32 AM
19 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Col­lab­o­ra­tive Filtering

JGWeissmanApr 3, 2010, 11:29 PM
19 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Less Wrong Lon­don meetup, to­mor­row (Sun­day 2010-04-04) 16:00

Paul CrowleyApr 3, 2010, 9:36 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Less Wrong Sub-Reddit

alyssavanceApr 2, 2010, 1:17 AM
11 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: April 2010

wnoiseApr 1, 2010, 8:41 PM
9 points
309 comments1 min readLW link

What is Ra­tion­al­ity?

RokoApr 1, 2010, 8:14 PM
22 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

The hu­man problem

PhilGoetzApr 1, 2010, 7:41 PM
35 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Open Thread: April 2010

UnnamedApr 1, 2010, 3:21 PM
8 points
539 comments1 min readLW link

The role of neode­con­struc­tive ra­tio­nal­ism in the works of Less Wrong

thomblakeApr 1, 2010, 2:17 PM
44 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Loleliezers

dclayhApr 1, 2010, 4:04 AM
5 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

City of Lights

AlicornMar 31, 2010, 11:30 PM
55 points
43 comments4 min readLW link

Disam­biguat­ing Doom

steven0461Mar 29, 2010, 6:14 PM
28 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Even if you have a nail, not all ham­mers are the same

PhilGoetzMar 29, 2010, 6:09 PM
150 points
126 comments6 min readLW link

NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Community

CosmosMar 29, 2010, 4:59 PM
24 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

High­lights and Shadows

AlicornMar 28, 2010, 8:56 PM
27 points
45 comments2 min readLW link

The I-Less Eye

rwallaceMar 28, 2010, 6:13 PM
44 points
91 comments4 min readLW link

Men­tal Models

[deleted]Mar 28, 2010, 3:55 PM
18 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

It’s not like any­thing to be a bat

Scott AlexanderMar 27, 2010, 2:32 PM
23 points
193 comments2 min readLW link

Ad­dresses in the Multiverse

jimrandomhMar 26, 2010, 11:02 PM
6 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

AcademianMar 26, 2010, 6:31 PM
51 points
99 comments3 min readLW link