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15 Jul 2020 19:19 UTC
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Avoiding Jargon Confusion
Raemon
17 Feb 2019 23:37 UTC
46
points
35
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[META] ‘Rational’ vs ‘Optimized’
TheOtherDave
4 Jan 2012 18:58 UTC
44
points
69
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Common vs Expert Jargon
Raemon
21 Sep 2017 3:05 UTC
50
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Against naming things, and so on
whales
15 Oct 2017 23:48 UTC
24
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Zero Sum” is a misnomer.
abramdemski
30 Sep 2020 18:25 UTC
120
points
34
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Rationality Cardinality
jimrandomh
27 Apr 2021 22:27 UTC
57
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“If and Only If” Should Be Spelled “Ifeff”
jimrandomh
16 Jul 2021 22:03 UTC
24
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expressive Vocabulary
Alicorn
24 May 2018 6:59 UTC
144
points
71
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
Leaving Orbit
Rob Bensinger
6 Dec 2021 21:48 UTC
50
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Avoid inflationary use of terms
lsparrish
30 May 2012 20:31 UTC
101
points
86
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Things I Learned From Working With A Marketing Advisor
sarahconstantin
9 Oct 2018 0:10 UTC
66
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
LessWrong Diaspora Jargon Survey
namespace
22 Mar 2018 3:18 UTC
21
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Appendix: Jargon Dictionary
CFAR!Duncan
13 Aug 2022 8:09 UTC
32
points
5
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Please (re)explain your personal jargon
Nathan Helm-Burger
22 Aug 2022 14:30 UTC
23
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the “Less Wrong” approved acronym for 1984-risk?
Logan Zoellner
10 Sep 2022 14:38 UTC
5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Public-facing Censorship Is Safety Theater, Causing Reputational Damage
Yitz
23 Sep 2022 5:08 UTC
149
points
42
comments
6
min read
LW
link
What does “autodidact” mean?
bhauth
22 Mar 2024 18:37 UTC
22
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stop talking about p(doom)
Isaac King
1 Jan 2024 10:57 UTC
38
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
“Slow” takeoff is a terrible term for “maybe even faster takeoff, actually”
Raemon
28 Sep 2024 23:38 UTC
204
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s a better term now that “AGI” is too vague?
Seth Herd
28 May 2024 18:02 UTC
15
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“notkilleveryoneism” sounds dumb
bhauth
28 Apr 2023 19:46 UTC
8
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Term/Category for AI with Neutral Impact?
isomic
11 May 2023 22:00 UTC
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Terminology: <something>-ware for ML?
Oliver Sourbut
3 Jan 2024 11:42 UTC
17
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AIS terminology proposal: standardize terms for probability ranges
eggsyntax
30 Aug 2024 15:43 UTC
30
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Subscripts for Probabilities
niplav
13 Apr 2023 18:32 UTC
67
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Son of Shit Rationalists Say
Eneasz
1 Jun 2012 13:47 UTC
82
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shit Rationalists Say?
Eneasz
25 Jan 2012 21:51 UTC
55
points
119
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Option Space Nomenclature
SilverFlame
8 Dec 2023 23:14 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: we should start referring to the risk from unaligned AI as a type of *accident risk*
Christopher King
16 May 2023 15:18 UTC
22
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Pink Sparkly Ball Thing (Use unique, non-obvious terms for nuanced concepts)
MalcolmOcean
20 Feb 2016 23:25 UTC
36
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
“Membranes” is better terminology than “boundaries” alone
Chipmonk
and
the gears to ascension
28 May 2023 22:16 UTC
30
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is some unnecessarily obscure jargon that people here tend to use?
jchan
12 Jul 2023 13:52 UTC
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Catalyst books
Catnee
17 Sep 2023 17:05 UTC
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why rationalists should care (more) about free software
RichardJActon
23 Jan 2022 17:31 UTC
66
points
42
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Wanted: Notation for credal resilience
PeterH
31 Jul 2022 7:35 UTC
21
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do meta-memes and meta-antimemes exist? e.g. ‘The map is not the territory’ is also a map
M. Y. Zuo
7 Aug 2022 1:17 UTC
4
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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