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Cryptography
MinibearRex
Feb 28, 2011, 9:35 PM
6
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I am anti-awareness and you should be too
KatjaGrace
Feb 28, 2011, 5:31 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin
Kevin
Feb 28, 2011, 4:03 PM
21
points
100
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wikipedia: Moravec’s Paradox
cousin_it
Feb 28, 2011, 2:13 PM
22
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mistakes and Rationality
InquilineKea
Feb 28, 2011, 12:27 AM
3
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Baltimore?
groupuscule
Feb 27, 2011, 7:21 PM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Bostrom & Yudkowsky, “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” (2011)
lukeprog
Feb 27, 2011, 5:43 PM
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Value agression
[deleted]
Feb 27, 2011, 12:32 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Inspiring Rationalists
paulfchristiano
Feb 27, 2011, 5:08 AM
9
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some Considerations Against Short-Term and/or Explicit Focus on Existential Risk Reduction
multifoliaterose
Feb 27, 2011, 4:31 AM
12
points
22
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Vassar talk in New Haven, Sunday 2/27
alyssavance
Feb 27, 2011, 2:49 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Existential Risk Reduction Career Network
FrankAdamek
Feb 27, 2011, 12:27 AM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Vassar talk in New Haven, Sunday 2/27
alyssavance
Feb 26, 2011, 8:57 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
When to scream “Error!”
Dorikka
Feb 26, 2011, 5:40 PM
13
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is GiveWell.org the best charity (excluding SIAI)?
syllogism
Feb 26, 2011, 1:37 PM
52
points
61
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] On Reasonable Efforts
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 26, 2011, 9:57 AM
27
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Common Form of Erroneous Thinking about the Universe
rohern
Feb 26, 2011, 9:42 AM
0
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
London meetup, Sunday 2011-03-06 14:00, near Holborn (reminder)
Paul Crowley
Feb 26, 2011, 8:10 AM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does SI make everyone look like swimsuit models?
KatjaGrace
Feb 26, 2011, 4:02 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Use curiosity
AnnaSalamon
Feb 25, 2011, 10:23 PM
92
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Value of Theoretical Research
paulfchristiano
Feb 25, 2011, 6:06 PM
65
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some informal ramblings abaut what a defenition of reality might look like.
Armok_GoB
Feb 25, 2011, 4:04 PM
−4
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Go Try Things
atucker
Feb 25, 2011, 6:23 AM
18
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] [Fiction] Ted Chiang: The Lifecycle of Software Objects
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 24, 2011, 10:56 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
February 27 2011 Southern California Meetup
JenniferRM
Feb 24, 2011, 5:05 AM
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
IBM Watson Research Team Answers Your Questions [link]
Kevin
Feb 23, 2011, 10:50 PM
8
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
South Bay Less Wrong Meetup Saturday Feb 26th
Jasen
Feb 23, 2011, 10:45 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Does Solomonoff always win?
cousin_it
Feb 23, 2011, 8:42 PM
14
points
56
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Experimenting with education [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Feb 23, 2011, 1:21 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Superintelligence’ (part 2)
lukeprog
Feb 23, 2011, 5:58 AM
11
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Dawkins and Dennett defend Adaptationism [Links]
Perplexed
Feb 23, 2011, 4:13 AM
15
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Superintelligence’ (part 1, revised)
lukeprog
Feb 22, 2011, 8:59 PM
20
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Singularity Institute Party Feb 22nd
Jasen
Feb 22, 2011, 6:45 AM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research methods
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Feb 22, 2011, 6:10 AM
18
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Helsinki LW Meetup—Sat March 5th
Erebus
Feb 21, 2011, 10:10 PM
10
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
About the AI-Box experiment
Timwi
Feb 21, 2011, 7:45 PM
−1
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Enjoying musical fashion: why not?
Alex Flint
Feb 21, 2011, 4:22 PM
6
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Morality a Valid Preference?
MinibearRex
Feb 21, 2011, 1:18 AM
19
points
75
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solomonoff Induction, by Shane Legg
cousin_it
Feb 21, 2011, 12:32 AM
21
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What does your web of beliefs look like, as of today?
lukeprog
Feb 20, 2011, 7:47 PM
23
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Updateless anthropics
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 20, 2011, 7:23 PM
13
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Age, fluid intelligence, and intelligent posts
InquilineKea
Feb 20, 2011, 9:06 AM
21
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tool for combating undue hesitation
Dorikka
Feb 20, 2011, 5:19 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deception by cherry picking
AlephNeil
Feb 20, 2011, 5:11 AM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is science the worst field for learning science in?
KatjaGrace
Feb 20, 2011, 4:29 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Social ethics vs decision theory
AlexMennen
Feb 20, 2011, 4:14 AM
7
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request for Widely Applicable Quantitative Methods
atucker
Feb 20, 2011, 4:08 AM
5
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do biases matter?
Student_UK
Feb 20, 2011, 1:10 AM
0
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New blog
chronophasiac
Feb 20, 2011, 12:07 AM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW was started to help altruists
RHollerith
Feb 19, 2011, 9:13 PM
−7
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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