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

apopheniaApr 19, 2010, 11:38 PM
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The (Boltz­mann) Brain-In-A-Jar

PlatypusNinjaApr 19, 2010, 7:30 PM
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The Fun­da­men­tal Question

MBlumeApr 19, 2010, 4:09 PM
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a meta-anti-akra­sia strat­egy that might just work

MartinBApr 19, 2010, 2:21 AM
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Might law save us from un­car­ing AI?

KatjaGraceApr 18, 2010, 6:02 AM
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VNM ex­pected util­ity the­ory: uses, abuses, and interpretation

AcademianApr 17, 2010, 8:23 PM
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Elud­ing At­ten­tion Hijacks

ABrancoApr 17, 2010, 3:23 AM
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At­ten­tion Lurk­ers: Please say hi

KevinApr 16, 2010, 8:46 PM
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When is forced or­gan self­ish­ness good for you?

KatjaGraceApr 16, 2010, 1:43 PM
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The Con­cepts Problem

Kaj_SotalaApr 16, 2010, 6:21 AM
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Self-in­di­ca­tion as­sump­tion is wrong for in­ter­est­ing reasons

neq1Apr 16, 2010, 4:51 AM
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The many faces of status

MorendilApr 15, 2010, 3:31 PM
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A LessWrong poster for the Hu­man­ity+ con­fer­ence next Saturday

Paul CrowleyApr 14, 2010, 9:38 PM
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How does in­for­ma­tion af­fect hookups?

KatjaGraceApr 14, 2010, 2:00 PM
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Prefer­ence util­i­tar­ian mea­sure of his­tor­i­cal welfare

tawApr 14, 2010, 1:32 PM
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Ugh fields

RokoApr 12, 2010, 5:06 PM
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Self-mod­ifi­ca­tion is the cor­rect jus­tifi­ca­tion for up­date­less de­ci­sion theory

BenyaApr 11, 2010, 4:39 PM
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Sin­gu­lar­ity Call For Papers

CarlShulmanApr 10, 2010, 4:08 PM
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Meetup af­ter Hu­man­ity+ , Lon­don, Satur­day 2010-04-24?

Paul CrowleyApr 10, 2010, 12:54 PM
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The Last Number

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 10, 2010, 12:09 PM
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Swim­ming in Reasons

steven0461Apr 10, 2010, 1:24 AM
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Bos­ton area meetup April 18

jimrandomhApr 9, 2010, 11:53 PM
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Fre­quen­tist Magic vs. Bayesian Magic

Wei DaiApr 8, 2010, 8:34 PM
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Ureshiku Naritai

AlicornApr 8, 2010, 8:08 PM
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Open Thread: April 2010, Part 2

UnnamedApr 8, 2010, 3:09 AM
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Pain and gain motivation

Kaj_SotalaApr 7, 2010, 6:48 PM
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Sin­gle Point of Mo­ral Failure

AlexandrosApr 6, 2010, 10:44 PM
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Lampshading

AlicornApr 6, 2010, 8:03 PM
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An­thropic an­swers to log­i­cal un­cer­tain­ties?

RokoApr 6, 2010, 5:51 PM
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Late Great Filter Is Not Bad News

Wei DaiApr 4, 2010, 4:17 AM
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Free copy of Feyn­man’s au­to­bi­og­ra­phy for best corny ra­tio­nal­ist joke

GreenRootApr 4, 2010, 12:32 AM
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Bayesian Col­lab­o­ra­tive Filtering

JGWeissmanApr 3, 2010, 11:29 PM
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Less Wrong Lon­don meetup, to­mor­row (Sun­day 2010-04-04) 16:00

Paul CrowleyApr 3, 2010, 9:36 AM
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An­nounc­ing the Less Wrong Sub-Reddit

alyssavanceApr 2, 2010, 1:17 AM
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Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: April 2010

wnoiseApr 1, 2010, 8:41 PM
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What is Ra­tion­al­ity?

RokoApr 1, 2010, 8:14 PM
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The hu­man problem

PhilGoetzApr 1, 2010, 7:41 PM
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Open Thread: April 2010

UnnamedApr 1, 2010, 3:21 PM
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The role of neode­con­struc­tive ra­tio­nal­ism in the works of Less Wrong

thomblakeApr 1, 2010, 2:17 PM
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Loleliezers

dclayhApr 1, 2010, 4:04 AM
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City of Lights

AlicornMar 31, 2010, 11:30 PM
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Disam­biguat­ing Doom

steven0461Mar 29, 2010, 6:14 PM
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Even if you have a nail, not all ham­mers are the same

PhilGoetzMar 29, 2010, 6:09 PM
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NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Community

CosmosMar 29, 2010, 4:59 PM
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High­lights and Shadows

AlicornMar 28, 2010, 8:56 PM
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The I-Less Eye

rwallaceMar 28, 2010, 6:13 PM
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Men­tal Models

[deleted]Mar 28, 2010, 3:55 PM
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It’s not like any­thing to be a bat

Scott AlexanderMar 27, 2010, 2:32 PM
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Ad­dresses in the Multiverse

jimrandomhMar 26, 2010, 11:02 PM
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New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

AcademianMar 26, 2010, 6:31 PM
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