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Intelligence Explosion analysis draft: types of digital intelligence
lukeprog
Nov 14, 2011, 11:07 PM
2
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cryonics costs: given estimates are low
gwern
Nov 14, 2011, 5:07 PM
45
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Transcription of Eliezer’s January 2010 video Q&A
curiousepic
Nov 14, 2011, 5:02 PM
112
points
9
comments
56
min read
LW
link
The nocebo effect [link]
Kevin
Nov 14, 2011, 12:59 PM
2
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why an Intelligence Explosion might be a Low-Priority Global Risk
XiXiDu
Nov 14, 2011, 11:40 AM
2
points
97
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Is an Intelligence Explosion a Disjunctive or Conjunctive Event?
XiXiDu
Nov 14, 2011, 11:35 AM
9
points
18
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Intelligence Explosion analysis draft: introduction
lukeprog
Nov 14, 2011, 9:50 AM
1
point
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Drawing Less Wrong: Should You Learn to Draw?
Raemon
Nov 14, 2011, 7:31 AM
34
points
56
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Affective Death Spirals
MinibearRex
Nov 14, 2011, 5:34 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup Wedneday 7pm
EvelynM
Nov 14, 2011, 4:54 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Drawing Less Wrong: An Introduction
Raemon
Nov 13, 2011, 10:39 PM
45
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Toward an overview analysis of intelligence explosion
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2011, 10:23 PM
7
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
FAI FAQ draft: What is Friendly AI?
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2011, 7:26 PM
3
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learned Helplessness
Raw_Power
Nov 13, 2011, 4:55 PM
8
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
FAI FAQ draft: What is the history of the Friendly AI concept?
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2011, 4:47 PM
6
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Friendly AI FAQ drafts
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2011, 4:47 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Modularity, signaling, and belief in belief
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 13, 2011, 11:54 AM
29
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Mere Messiahs
MinibearRex
Nov 13, 2011, 6:54 AM
6
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Umbilical cord stem cell banking for future medical use
Synaptic
Nov 13, 2011, 1:41 AM
7
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
List of potential cognitive enhancement methods
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2011, 12:57 AM
22
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Diego meetup
Mercurial
Nov 12, 2011, 6:26 PM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The promise of connected science
lukeprog
Nov 12, 2011, 6:22 PM
33
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Superhero Bias
MinibearRex
Nov 12, 2011, 6:30 AM
7
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wiki Spam
dbaupp
Nov 12, 2011, 12:26 AM
13
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sometimes, talking the issue through *works*
lukeprog
Nov 11, 2011, 9:51 PM
26
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Madison Monday Meetup: Tegmark universes
fiddlemath
Nov 11, 2011, 9:30 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Melbourne, Canberra, Zurich, Mountain View
FrankAdamek
Nov 11, 2011, 1:52 PM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Brief Rant On The Future Of Interaction Design [link]
Kevin
Nov 11, 2011, 9:15 AM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random Flu Thoughts, including vaccination and base rates
billswift
Nov 11, 2011, 6:04 AM
9
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Halo Effect
MinibearRex
Nov 11, 2011, 3:33 AM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : The Planning Fallacy
jsalvatier
Nov 11, 2011, 1:48 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Transhumanism and Gender Relations
daenerys
Nov 11, 2011, 1:48 AM
11
points
118
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Do the people behind the veil of ignorance vote for “specks”?
D227
Nov 11, 2011, 1:26 AM
−1
points
69
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Which fields of learning have clarified your thinking? How and why?
Arkanj3l
Nov 11, 2011, 1:04 AM
21
points
64
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First(New?) Waterloo Meetup
Paamayim
Nov 10, 2011, 10:41 PM
4
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help with a (potentially Bayesian) statistics / set theory problem?
joshkaufman
Nov 10, 2011, 10:30 PM
3
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Maximizing Cost-effectiveness via Critical Inquiry
HoldenKarnofsky
Nov 10, 2011, 7:25 PM
31
points
24
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Draft] Poker With Lennier
HonoreDB
Nov 10, 2011, 5:14 PM
29
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Philanthropy Promotion: Bolder Giving
jefftk
Nov 10, 2011, 4:29 PM
13
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PredictionBook: A Short Note
Jayson_Virissimo
Nov 10, 2011, 3:10 PM
31
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
No Basic AI Drives
XiXiDu
Nov 10, 2011, 1:27 PM
−2
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is the SIAI interview series available on youtube?
[deleted]
Nov 10, 2011, 10:49 AM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Slightly known unknowns
NancyLebovitz
10 Nov 2011 10:29 UTC
8
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism
MinibearRex
10 Nov 2011 4:29 UTC
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A question on rationality.
D227
10 Nov 2011 0:20 UTC
2
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] I Was Wrong, and So Are You
[deleted]
9 Nov 2011 16:25 UTC
25
points
96
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What visionary project would you fund?
Richard_Kennaway
9 Nov 2011 12:38 UTC
13
points
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why would an AI try to figure out its goals?
cousin_it
9 Nov 2011 10:08 UTC
21
points
88
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping)
MinibearRex
9 Nov 2011 2:59 UTC
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Michael Lewis on Kahneman and Tversky! [link]
Kevin
9 Nov 2011 0:49 UTC
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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