[Refer­ence re­quest] Ar­ti­cle by sci­en­tist giv­ing lower and up­per bounds on the prob­a­bil­ity of superintelligence

multifoliateroseMay 8, 2011, 10:16 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Shane Legg’s Th­e­sis: Ma­chine Su­per­in­tel­li­gence, Opinions?

ZeteticMay 8, 2011, 8:04 PM
16 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Scales of Jus­tice, the Note­book of Rationality

Tyrrell_McAllisterMay 8, 2011, 5:43 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Death Note, Anonymity, and In­for­ma­tion Theory

gwernMay 8, 2011, 3:44 PM
60 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Save the Date: DC Meetup May 15th

atuckerMay 8, 2011, 3:22 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Pre­dictably Ir­ra­tional by Dan Ariely

erratioMay 8, 2011, 8:13 AM
46 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

[POLL] Slutwalk

magfrumpMay 8, 2011, 7:00 AM
−18 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Reli­gious Behaviorism

PhilGoetzMay 8, 2011, 12:11 AM
−3 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

[Altru­ist Sup­port] Fix the SIAI’s web­site (EDIT: or not. I’ll do it)

GilesMay 7, 2011, 6:36 PM
15 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Shift­ing Load to Ex­plicit Reasoning

Vladimir_NesovMay 7, 2011, 6:00 PM
25 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Bias and Nat­u­ral­ism: a Challenge

BobTheBobMay 7, 2011, 3:30 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Karma Bub­ble Fix (Grease­mon­key script)

Vladimir_NesovMay 7, 2011, 1:14 PM
36 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Begin­ning re­sources for CEV research

lukeprogMay 7, 2011, 5:28 AM
21 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

The 5-Se­cond Level

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 7, 2011, 4:51 AM
244 points
328 comments8 min readLW link

The Power of Agency

lukeprogMay 7, 2011, 1:38 AM
114 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

What causes peo­ple to be­lieve in con­spir­acy the­o­ries?

ServantMay 7, 2011, 12:06 AM
10 points
48 comments2 min readLW link

Who are the LW ed­i­tors?

saliencyMay 6, 2011, 9:34 PM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Burch’s Law

Tyrrell_McAllisterMay 6, 2011, 9:15 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Mutable Levels Are Path-Dependent

XFrequentistMay 6, 2011, 8:47 PM
3 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Add “Mee­tups” to top nav­i­ga­tion bar?

saliencyMay 6, 2011, 8:03 PM
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

In­tu­ition and Un­con­scious Learning

lukeprogMay 6, 2011, 6:47 PM
44 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

Why is my sister re­lated to me only 50%?

TimFreemanMay 6, 2011, 6:17 PM
3 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment Idea Thread - Spring 2011

PsychohistorianMay 6, 2011, 6:10 PM
35 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­treme Altru­is­tic Per­son­al­ity Type

XFrequentistMay 6, 2011, 2:13 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest­ing Advice

CarinthiumMay 6, 2011, 10:59 AM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Cli­mate change: ex­is­ten­tial risk?

katydeeMay 6, 2011, 6:19 AM
8 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Lead­er­ship and Self De­cep­tion, Anatomy of Peace

TimFreemanMay 6, 2011, 3:56 AM
15 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

[Altru­ist Sup­port] The Plan

GilesMay 6, 2011, 3:53 AM
13 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Helsinki meetup on May 13, spe­cial guest star Pa­tri Fried­man (pa­tris­simo)

Kaj_SotalaMay 6, 2011, 12:03 AM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

GiveWell.org in­ter­views SIAI

Paul CrowleyMay 5, 2011, 4:29 PM
38 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Your Evolved Intuitions

lukeprogMay 5, 2011, 4:21 PM
22 points
106 comments10 min readLW link

Ed­in­burgh LW meetup, Satur­day May 7, 2pm

sarkMay 5, 2011, 1:55 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

San Fran­cisco Meetup ev­ery Tues 5/​10, 7 pm

Mass_DriverMay 5, 2011, 6:28 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Hol­low Adjectives

PsychohistorianMay 5, 2011, 3:44 AM
13 points
45 comments3 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tion, in­sight, and ra­tio­nal­ity. (Part 2 of 3)

DavidMMay 4, 2011, 10:38 PM
35 points
190 comments26 min readLW link

Apol­ogy for de­lay and [link] ra­tio­nal­ity comic

SkatcheMay 4, 2011, 7:08 PM
4 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

No coin­duc­tive datatype of integers

cousin_itMay 4, 2011, 4:37 PM
8 points
147 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: May 2011

DSimonMay 4, 2011, 4:13 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK, TED video] Kathryn Schulz on Be­ing Wrong

bogusMay 4, 2011, 3:52 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Skep­tics Stack Exchange

WilkaMay 4, 2011, 12:53 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

CFAI doc in SIAI FAQ

Dr_ManhattanMay 4, 2011, 12:49 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

A De­layed Epiphany on Motivation

LucasSloanMay 4, 2011, 4:27 AM
26 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Track Your Happiness

Matt_SimpsonMay 4, 2011, 2:59 AM
9 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The im­por­tance of open-source cryp­tog­ra­phy for Sin­gle­ton prevention

snarlesMay 4, 2011, 2:25 AM
−6 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Offi­cial Less Wrong Redesign: View de­faults for new users

mattMay 4, 2011, 2:21 AM
6 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Plea­sure, De­sire, and Ar­gu­ing about Definitions

lukeprogMay 4, 2011, 1:02 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Whole Brain Emu­la­tion and the Evolu­tion of Superorganisms

Wei DaiMay 3, 2011, 11:38 PM
26 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Bruce Sch­neier on Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases in Risk Analysis

Alex FlintMay 3, 2011, 6:37 PM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Policy De­bates Should Not Ap­pear One-Sided

Tyrrell_McAllisterMay 3, 2011, 6:13 PM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ter­ror­ist lead­ers are not about Terror

gwernMay 3, 2011, 5:57 PM
4 points
29 comments1 min readLW link