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We Haven’t Uploaded Worms
jefftk
Dec 27, 2014, 11:44 AM
156
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CFAR in 2014: Continuing to climb out of the startup pit, heading toward a full prototype
AnnaSalamon
Dec 26, 2014, 3:33 PM
92
points
61
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s sidekick?
RobertWiblin
Dec 5, 2014, 1:09 AM
78
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harper’s Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum
gwern
Dec 12, 2014, 8:34 PM
76
points
154
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Beware The Man Of One Study
Scott Alexander
Dec 12, 2014, 9:04 AM
70
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s technical research agenda
So8res
Dec 23, 2014, 6:45 PM
55
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
State of the Solstice 2014
Raemon
Dec 23, 2014, 6:18 AM
54
points
48
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Debunked And Well-Refuted
Scott Alexander
Dec 13, 2014, 12:08 PM
49
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Kickstarting the audio version of the upcoming book “The Sequences”
Rick_from_Castify
Dec 16, 2014, 1:01 AM
47
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nobody Is Perfect, Everything Is Commensurable
Scott Alexander
Dec 19, 2014, 5:00 AM
43
points
4
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Training Reflective Attention
LoganStrohl
Dec 21, 2014, 12:53 PM
41
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
New paper from MIRI: “Toward idealized decision theory”
So8res
Dec 16, 2014, 10:27 PM
41
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Entropy and Temperature
spxtr
Dec 17, 2014, 8:04 AM
39
points
96
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why “Changing the World” is a Horrible Phrase
ozziegooen
Dec 25, 2014, 6:04 AM
39
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Using machine learning to predict romantic compatibility: empirical results
JonahS
Dec 17, 2014, 2:54 AM
37
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Link] Eric S. Raymond—Me and Less Wrong
philh
Dec 5, 2014, 11:44 PM
36
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Has LessWrong Ever Backfired On You?
Evan_Gaensbauer
Dec 15, 2014, 5:44 AM
36
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of research
owencb
Dec 11, 2014, 11:55 AM
33
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Recent AI safety work
paulfchristiano
Dec 30, 2014, 6:19 PM
32
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open and closed mental states
Vika
Dec 26, 2014, 6:53 AM
31
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Story With Zombies
Scott Alexander
Dec 7, 2014, 8:11 PM
31
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Bay Area Solstice
Alex_Altair
Dec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
29
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The new GiveWell recommendations are out: here’s a summary of the charities
tog
Dec 1, 2014, 9:20 PM
27
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
PSA: Eugine_Nier evading ban?
Dahlen
Dec 7, 2014, 11:23 PM
27
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions December 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 8, 2014, 3:39 PM
25
points
342
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Good things to have learned....
NancyLebovitz
Dec 3, 2014, 7:29 PM
23
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where is the line between being a good child and taking care of oneself?
jkadlubo
Dec 4, 2014, 7:26 AM
21
points
54
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to Read
Peter Wildeford
Dec 22, 2014, 5:40 AM
21
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Rubber Hand Illusion and Preaching to the Unconverted
Gram_Stone
Dec 29, 2014, 12:56 PM
21
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Yudkowsky’s Abridged Guide to Intelligent Characters
katydee
Dec 30, 2014, 6:37 AM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Welcome to Less Wrong! (7th thread, December 2014)
Gondolinian
Dec 15, 2014, 2:57 AM
21
points
639
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(Very Short) PSA: Combined Main and Discussion Feed
Gondolinian
Dec 18, 2014, 3:46 PM
21
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A forum for researchers to publicly discuss safety issues in advanced AI
Rob Bensinger
Dec 13, 2014, 12:33 AM
21
points
72
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Jokes Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 18, 2014, 4:17 PM
20
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Peter Thiel thinks about AI risk
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 11, 2014, 9:22 PM
20
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Integral versus differential ethics
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 1, 2014, 6:04 PM
20
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] The Philosophy of Intelligence Explosions and Advanced Robotics
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 2, 2014, 3:44 AM
19
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Podcast: Rationalists in Tech
JoshuaFox
Dec 14, 2014, 4:14 PM
16
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moving towards the goal
So8res
Dec 7, 2014, 2:00 AM
16
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Link: LessWrong and AI risk mentioned in a Business Insider Article
James_Miller
Dec 3, 2014, 5:13 PM
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Steven Hawking warns of the dangers of AI
Salemicus
Dec 2, 2014, 3:22 PM
15
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Giving What We Can—New Year drive
Smaug123
Dec 17, 2014, 3:26 PM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pomodoro for Programmers
Peter Wildeford
Dec 24, 2014, 6:26 PM
15
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 12: Malignant failure modes
KatjaGrace
Dec 2, 2014, 2:02 AM
15
points
51
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Approval-directed agents
paulfchristiano
Dec 12, 2014, 10:38 PM
15
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Signalling with T-Shirt slogans
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 21, 2014, 11:37 AM
14
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Make your own cost-effectiveness Fermi estimates for one-off problems
owencb
Dec 11, 2014, 12:00 PM
14
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 13: Capability control methods
KatjaGrace
Dec 9, 2014, 2:00 AM
14
points
48
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Tachyon neutrinos (again)
JoshuaZ
Dec 27, 2014, 5:19 PM
13
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Using Doulingo ‘Immersion’ feature to translate HPMOR
efim
Dec 25, 2014, 8:25 PM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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