Humor

TagLast edit: 17 Apr 2020 0:38 UTC by Ruby

Humor. This tag is a joke.

How the Grinch Ought to Have Stolen Christmas

Quirinus_Quirrell25 Dec 2013 20:00 UTC

76 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts

steven046122 Mar 2009 20:17 UTC

169 points

296 comments1 min readLW link

A Philosopher Walks Into A Coffee Shop

Scott Alexander25 Jan 2015 20:42 UTC

25 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(Humor) AI Alignment Critical Failure Table

Kaj_Sotala31 Aug 2020 19:51 UTC

24 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(sl4.org)

April Fools: Announcing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!

habryka and Ben Pace

1 Apr 2020 8:00 UTC

90 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

April Fools: Announcing: Karma 2.0

habryka1 Apr 2018 10:33 UTC

61 points

56 comments1 min readLW link

Manifesto of the Silent Minority

lsusr24 Nov 2020 5:30 UTC

42 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Random LW-parodying Statement Generator

Armok_GoB11 Sep 2012 19:57 UTC

93 points

222 comments1 min readLW link

To signal effectively, use a non-human, non-stoppable enforcer

Clippy22 May 2010 22:03 UTC

39 points

167 comments2 min readLW link

Rationality Jokes Thread

Gunnar_Zarncke18 Dec 2014 16:17 UTC

17 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

…And I Show You How Deep The Rabbit Hole Goes

Scott Alexander3 Jun 2015 1:47 UTC

90 points

11 comments21 min readLW link

Transhumanist Fables

Scott Alexander28 May 2013 1:55 UTC

63 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Pascal’s Pyramid Scheme

patrissimo31 Jan 2010 18:56 UTC

11 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Objective Dog Ratings: An Introduction & Explanation

Callmesalticidae29 Aug 2020 3:54 UTC

19 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Objective Dog Ratings: The Shiba Inu

Callmesalticidae18 Sep 2020 0:12 UTC

14 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Center for Applied Postrationality: An Update

DonyChristie1 Apr 2021 8:13 UTC

61 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[April Fools] User GPT2 is Banned

jimrandomh2 Apr 2019 6:00 UTC

62 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

User GPT2 Has a Warning for Violating Frontpage Commenting Guidelines

jimrandomh1 Apr 2019 20:23 UTC

40 points

37 comments1 min readLW link

April Fools—Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter

shokwave2 Apr 2012 2:47 UTC

29 points

43 comments1 min readLW link

Why Karma 2.0? (A Kabbalistic Explanation)

Ben Pace2 Apr 2018 20:43 UTC

15 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

There is no such thing as strength: a parody

ZoltanBerrigomo5 Jul 2015 23:44 UTC

37 points

70 comments2 min readLW link

A Story With Zombies

Scott Alexander7 Dec 2014 20:11 UTC

14 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

The one where Quirrell is an egg

Ben Pace15 Apr 2020 6:02 UTC

17 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.reddit.com)

Humor: GURPS Friendly AI

hankx77874 Feb 2013 16:38 UTC

15 points

28 comments5 min readLW link

[Humor] In honor of our new overlord decision theory acronym FDT...

Zvi24 Mar 2017 21:17 UTC

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique

SquirrelInHell14 Aug 2017 21:05 UTC

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Jokes Thread

JosephY24 Jul 2014 0:31 UTC

35 points

84 comments1 min readLW link

Soviet-era Jokes, Common Knowledge, Irony

Martin Sustrik12 May 2018 10:52 UTC

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

Free copy of Feynman’s autobiography for best corny rationalist joke

GreenRoot4 Apr 2010 0:32 UTC

18 points

54 comments1 min readLW link

Big Yellow Tractor (Filk)

G Gordon Worley III18 Feb 2020 18:43 UTC

12 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The Orange Head Joke

Anatoly_Vorobey25 Jan 2011 20:33 UTC

28 points

96 comments2 min readLW link

If Many-Worlds Had Come First

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 May 2008 7:43 UTC

73 points

181 comments9 min readLW link

Bayesiance (Filk)

G Gordon Worley III18 Aug 2020 16:30 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Zombies: The Movie

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Apr 2008 5:53 UTC

111 points

79 comments3 min readLW link

Rationality Cardinality

jimrandomh3 Oct 2015 15:54 UTC

28 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Why I love stand up comedy

adamzerner16 Dec 2020 9:34 UTC

20 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Call to the technical support of reality

bayesyatina25 Mar 2021 20:05 UTC

7 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

A new acausal trading platform: RobinShould

Matthew Barnett1 Apr 2021 16:56 UTC

81 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

April drafts

AI Impacts1 Apr 2021 18:10 UTC

49 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

Announcing the Center for Applied Postrationality

DonyChristie2 Apr 2019 1:17 UTC

108 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

The Strangest Thing An AI Could Tell You

Eliezer Yudkowsky15 Jul 2009 2:27 UTC

101 points

601 comments2 min readLW link

If rationality skills were Harry Potter spells...

lifelonglearner9 Mar 2018 15:36 UTC

21 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Two Cult Koans

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Dec 2007 5:45 UTC

97 points

100 comments2 min readLW link

The Simple Truth

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Jan 2008 20:00 UTC

70 points

3 comments22 min readLW link

Son of Shit Rationalists Say

Eneasz1 Jun 2012 13:47 UTC

77 points

44 comments1 min readLW link

Shit Rationalists Say?

Eneasz25 Jan 2012 21:51 UTC

45 points

120 comments1 min readLW link

Cards Against Rationality

fubarobfusco16 Jun 2012 2:23 UTC

36 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Amazing Breakthrough Day: April 1st

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Mar 2008 5:45 UTC

62 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

Dr. Jubjub predicts a crisis

Apprentice10 Jan 2014 15:52 UTC

72 points

65 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe you want to maximise paperclips too

dougclow30 Oct 2014 21:40 UTC

66 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

Brain Breakthrough! It’s Made of Neurons!

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Apr 2008 19:00 UTC

57 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

I am the very model of a self-recursive modeler

Jacob Falkovich6 Sep 2018 21:45 UTC

46 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

The 8 Techniques to Tolerify the Dark World

adamShimi20 Jul 2020 0:58 UTC

2 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

King Under The Mountain: Adventure Log + Soundtrack

Scott Alexander25 Nov 2011 22:29 UTC

81 points

36 comments23 min readLW link

The Yudkowsky Ambition Scale

loup-vaillant12 Sep 2012 15:08 UTC

63 points

61 comments1 min readLW link

Hamster in Tutu Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider

Eliezer Yudkowsky6 Nov 2009 16:29 UTC

46 points

73 comments2 min readLW link

The rational rationalist’s guide to rationally using “rational” in rational post titles

Vaniver27 May 2012 19:13 UTC

119 points

53 comments1 min readLW link

Timothy Chu Origins Chapter 1

alkjash13 Apr 2018 18:40 UTC

12 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Frequently Asked Questions for Central Banks Undershooting Their Inflation Target

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 Oct 2017 23:36 UTC

26 points

28 comments35 min readLW link

Murphy’s Quest Ch 1: Exposure Therapy

alkjash4 Mar 2018 4:50 UTC

24 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

A Much Better Life?

Psychohistorian3 Feb 2010 20:01 UTC

83 points

174 comments2 min readLW link

Murphy’s Quest Ch 8: False Pentachotomy

alkjash8 Mar 2018 5:30 UTC

16 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Countess and Baron attempt to define blackmail, fail

Stuart_Armstrong15 Jul 2013 10:07 UTC

18 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Blackmail, Nukes and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Stuart_Armstrong10 Mar 2010 14:58 UTC

25 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

G.K. Chesterton On AI Risk

Scott Alexander1 Apr 2017 19:00 UTC

11 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Murphy’s Quest Ch 4: Noticing Confusion

alkjash5 Mar 2018 7:20 UTC

19 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Shit rationalists say − 2018

ChristianKl20 Feb 2018 21:26 UTC

15 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

A Terrifying Halloween Costume

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Nov 2007 2:54 UTC

10 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Penguicon & Blook

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Mar 2008 17:32 UTC

14 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

Halloween costume: Paperclipperer

Elo21 Oct 2017 6:33 UTC

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Ethical dilemmas for paperclip maximizers

CronoDAS1 Aug 2011 5:31 UTC

14 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

Agree, Retort, or Ignore? A Post From the Future

Wei_Dai24 Nov 2009 22:29 UTC

37 points

88 comments2 min readLW link

[Funny] Even Clippy can be blamed on the use of non-Bayesian methods

lukeprog2 Oct 2011 7:40 UTC

41 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

The Moral Of The Story

Scott Alexander18 Oct 2016 2:22 UTC

28 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Missives from China

alkjash17 Feb 2018 12:30 UTC

11 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Zeno walks into a bar

lsusr4 Aug 2019 7:00 UTC

24 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

The human problem

PhilGoetz1 Apr 2010 19:41 UTC

34 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Objective Dog Ratings: The Irish Wolfhound

Callmesalticidae29 Aug 2020 4:01 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Thanksgiving Prayer

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Nov 2008 4:17 UTC

30 points

56 comments1 min readLW link

“On the Impossibility of Supersized Machines”

crmflynn31 Mar 2017 23:32 UTC

24 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(philpapers.org)

xkcd on the AI box experiment

FiftyTwo21 Nov 2014 8:26 UTC

28 points

232 comments1 min readLW link

Just for fun—let’s play a game.

CronoDAS17 Apr 2009 23:13 UTC

11 points

71 comments1 min readLW link

I Changed My Mind Today—Canned Laughter

pre15 Apr 2009 23:59 UTC

15 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Just a bit of humor...

CronoDAS24 Apr 2009 4:21 UTC

−8 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

‘oy, girls on lw, want to get together some time?’

MBlume2 Oct 2009 10:50 UTC

36 points

184 comments1 min readLW link

The Hard Problem of Magic

enaumov4 Dec 2020 18:51 UTC

0 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Three Stories about not Thinking too Hard

ejacob5 Feb 2021 19:51 UTC

22 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(eidan.substack.com)

KAnon

jefftk15 Feb 2021 20:50 UTC

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Holy Algorithm

Elmer of Malmesbury3 Apr 2021 18:09 UTC

7 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

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