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Against naming things, and so on
whales
Oct 15, 2017, 11:48 PM
24
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why no total winner?
Paul Crowley
Oct 15, 2017, 10:01 PM
36
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Identities are [Subconscious] Strategies
Ruby
Oct 15, 2017, 6:10 PM
39
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Building an civilisation scale OODA loop for the problem of AGI
whpearson
Oct 15, 2017, 5:56 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fish-Head Monk
Zvi
Oct 14, 2017, 12:10 PM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Beginners’ Meditation
Zvi
Oct 14, 2017, 12:10 PM
2
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Welcome to the World
Zvi
Oct 14, 2017, 12:10 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
You can never be universally inclusive
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 14, 2017, 11:30 AM
36
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
“Focusing,” for skeptics.
Conor Moreton
Oct 14, 2017, 7:00 AM
105
points
27
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
My Attempt to Justify The Principle of Insufficient Reason (PIR)
DragonGod
Oct 14, 2017, 6:12 AM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(mathb.in)
Activated social login, temporarily deactivated normal signup
habryka
Oct 14, 2017, 3:59 AM
5
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 5: Interlude II
lifelonglearner
Oct 14, 2017, 2:05 AM
7
points
1
comment
12
min read
LW
link
Offloading Executive Functioning to Morality
weft
Oct 14, 2017, 1:43 AM
13
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Oxford Prioritisation Project Review
[deleted]
Oct 13, 2017, 11:07 PM
11
points
6
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Rare Exception or Common Exception
weft
Oct 13, 2017, 10:02 PM
14
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
There’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 13, 2017, 9:38 PM
150
points
72
comments
25
min read
LW
link
Creating Space to Cultivate Skill
hamnox
Oct 13, 2017, 3:51 PM
9
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Humans can be assigned any values whatsoever...
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 13, 2017, 11:32 AM
7
points
36
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Humans can be assigned any values whatsoever...
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 13, 2017, 11:29 AM
16
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Johnathon Blow—Introspection techniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression
nBrown
Oct 13, 2017, 7:21 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Universal Paperclips
Morendil
Oct 13, 2017, 6:16 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(decisionproblem.com)
SSC Meetup: Bay Area 10/14
Scott Alexander
Oct 13, 2017, 3:30 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
LesserWrong is now de facto the main site
Chris_Leong
Oct 13, 2017, 1:19 AM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 4.3: Breaking Habits and Conclusion
lifelonglearner
Oct 12, 2017, 11:11 PM
6
points
7
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Alan Kay—Programming and Scaling
namespace
Oct 12, 2017, 2:46 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Beauty as a signal (map)
turchin
Oct 12, 2017, 10:02 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Signal seeding
KatjaGrace
Oct 12, 2017, 7:00 AM
8
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
Instrumental Rationality 4.2: Creating Habits
lifelonglearner
Oct 12, 2017, 2:25 AM
18
points
0
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Gnostic Rationality
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 11, 2017, 9:44 PM
19
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Events section
the gears to ascension
Oct 11, 2017, 4:24 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mini-conference “Near-term AI safety”
turchin
Oct 11, 2017, 3:19 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Mini-conference “Near-term AI safety”
avturchin
Oct 11, 2017, 2:54 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Winning is for Losers
Jacob Falkovich
Oct 11, 2017, 4:01 AM
31
points
12
comments
18
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Centralisation shapes Idealists into Cynics
whpearson
Oct 10, 2017, 8:01 PM
−2
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
10/10/2017: Development update (“autosaving” & Intercom options)
habryka
Oct 10, 2017, 7:15 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What would convince you you’d won the lottery?
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 10, 2017, 1:45 PM
28
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Toy model of the AI control problem: animated version
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 10, 2017, 11:12 AM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toy model of the AI control problem: animated version
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 10, 2017, 11:06 AM
23
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Robustness as a Path to AI Alignment
abramdemski
Oct 10, 2017, 8:14 AM
45
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Distinctions in Types of Thought
sarahconstantin
Oct 10, 2017, 3:36 AM
37
points
24
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Artificial Unintelligence
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 10, 2017, 1:37 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(entirelyuseless.wordpress.com)
Building a Community Institution In Five Hours A Week
spiralingintocontrol
Oct 9, 2017, 9:12 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(particularvirtue.blogspot.com)
Learnday
hamnox
Oct 9, 2017, 7:15 PM
8
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Initial thoughts on assisted formatting of discussion posts
Ezra
Oct 9, 2017, 6:46 PM
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Recognizing vs Generating Distinction
lifelonglearner
9 Oct 2017 16:56 UTC
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
The Just World Hypothesis
michael_vassar2
9 Oct 2017 6:03 UTC
17
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Double Crux Example: Should HPMOR be on the Front Page?
Raemon
9 Oct 2017 3:50 UTC
19
points
12
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Community Capital
weft
9 Oct 2017 3:49 UTC
35
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Personal Model of Social Energy
PDV
9 Oct 2017 3:14 UTC
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 4.1: Modeling Habits
lifelonglearner
9 Oct 2017 1:21 UTC
11
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
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