Why not just write failsafe rules into the su­per­in­tel­li­gent ma­chine?

lukeprogMar 8, 2011, 9:07 PM
13 points
81 comments1 min readLW link

How best to show dy­ing is bad

ZviMar 8, 2011, 3:18 PM
26 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

How to im­prove the pub­lic per­cep­tion of the SIAI and LW?

XiXiDuMar 8, 2011, 2:48 PM
15 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

[link] Why an In­tel­li­gence Ex­plo­sion is Probable

Kaj_SotalaMar 8, 2011, 10:58 AM
13 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, March 2011

ThomasMar 8, 2011, 8:38 AM
6 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Chicago Meetup—Sun­day March 13

AiredaleMar 7, 2011, 4:37 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

TopicTi­tle’); DROP TABLE Users EXCEPT (Ade­leneDawner OR Kevin); --

ClippyMar 7, 2011, 3:42 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Link] John Baez in­ter­views Eliezer

MorendilMar 7, 2011, 7:49 AM
21 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Bring Back the Se­quences?

AlexandrosMar 7, 2011, 7:21 AM
62 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Berkeley LW Meet-Up Satur­day March 12

LucasSloanMar 7, 2011, 7:14 AM
11 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Lifeism, Anti-Death­ism, and Some Other Ter­mi­nal-Values Rambling

PavitraMar 7, 2011, 4:35 AM
5 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

ABC Ra­dio Na­tional epi­sode on the Singularity

lukeprogMar 7, 2011, 3:41 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive Thinking

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 7, 2011, 1:03 AM
28 points
283 comments5 min readLW link

LW is to ra­tio­nal­ity as AIXI is to intelligence

XiXiDuMar 6, 2011, 8:24 PM
3 points
46 comments4 min readLW link

Katla on death as entertainment

KatjaGraceMar 6, 2011, 1:30 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ar­mies of Ex­pen­sive Lawyers, Re­placed by Cheaper Soft­ware [link]

KevinMar 6, 2011, 10:26 AM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

NASA sci­en­tist finds ev­i­dence of alien life [link]

KevinMar 6, 2011, 10:22 AM
2 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Per­haps the first de­tailed plan to pro­gram a gen­eral moral code into a par­tic­u­lar model of AGI

lukeprogMar 6, 2011, 6:41 AM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Blues, Greens and abortion

SnowyowlMar 5, 2011, 7:15 PM
17 points
158 comments1 min readLW link

A Tran­shu­man­ist Poem

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 5, 2011, 9:16 AM
22 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing the Karma sys­tem to call for a show of hands—prof­itable?

[deleted]Mar 5, 2011, 8:35 AM
−6 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

A Brief Overview of Ma­chine Ethics

lukeprogMar 5, 2011, 6:09 AM
10 points
91 comments1 min readLW link

Case study: Con­sole Insurance

gwernMar 5, 2011, 2:11 AM
16 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Well-done doc­u­men­tary on the sin­gu­lar­ity: ‘Tran­scen­dent Man’

lukeprogMar 4, 2011, 11:07 PM
7 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Math­e­mat­ics (Gow­ers)

komponistoMar 4, 2011, 8:32 PM
10 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

[LINK] Dis­cov­ery shut­tle launch viewed from an airliner

CyanMar 4, 2011, 4:04 PM
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The Trou­ble with Bright Girls [link]

Dreaded_AnomalyMar 4, 2011, 4:17 AM
23 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Why are promisers in­no­cent?

KatjaGraceMar 4, 2011, 3:13 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Ac­tivism: Open Thread

atuckerMar 4, 2011, 2:06 AM
13 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on?

jsalvatierMar 4, 2011, 1:33 AM
30 points
104 comments1 min readLW link

Shika­maru vs. the Log­i­cal Fallacies

Nick_RoyMar 4, 2011, 12:35 AM
16 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

post

XFrequentistMar 3, 2011, 4:20 PM
−2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Less Wrong Meetup (can­cel­led due to lack of in­ter­est)

syllogismMar 3, 2011, 6:21 AM
10 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Go Try Things

atuckerMar 3, 2011, 1:51 AM
14 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Test­ing Intelligence

paulfchristianoMar 2, 2011, 11:29 PM
2 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Are You a Par­a­lyzed Subor­di­nate Mon­key?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 2, 2011, 9:12 PM
46 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

What Else Would I Do To Make a Liv­ing?

magfrumpMar 2, 2011, 8:09 PM
22 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: March 2011

AlexandrosMar 2, 2011, 11:14 AM
9 points
392 comments1 min readLW link

Hong Kong LW meetup

IsaacMar 2, 2011, 9:53 AM
31 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] John Baez In­ter­view with as­tro­physi­cist Gre­gory Ben­ford

multifoliateroseMar 2, 2011, 9:53 AM
5 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Re­vis­it­ing Psy-Kosh’s Non-An­thropic De­ci­sion Problem

VaniverMar 2, 2011, 6:24 AM
2 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Eliezer Yud­kowsky and Michael Vas­sar at NYU, Thurs­day March 3rd

CosmosMar 1, 2011, 4:53 AM
5 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Are In­ter­est­ing Prob­lems Use­ful?

paulfchristianoMar 1, 2011, 3:59 AM
22 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­men­tal ev­i­dence of the value of re­dun­dant oral tradition

RaemonMar 1, 2011, 1:08 AM
2 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Cryptography

MinibearRexFeb 28, 2011, 9:35 PM
6 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

I am anti-aware­ness and you should be too

KatjaGraceFeb 28, 2011, 5:31 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute now ac­cepts dona­tions via Bitcoin

KevinFeb 28, 2011, 4:03 PM
21 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

Wikipe­dia: Mo­ravec’s Paradox

cousin_itFeb 28, 2011, 2:13 PM
22 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­takes and Rationality

InquilineKeaFeb 28, 2011, 12:27 AM
3 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Bal­ti­more?

groupusculeFeb 27, 2011, 7:21 PM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link