Philosophy of Language

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37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 6, 2008, 5:09 AM

239 points

78 comments9 min readLW link

Unnatural Categories Are Optimized for Deception

Zack_M_DavisJan 8, 2021, 8:54 PM

89 points

30 comments33 min readLW link 1 review

Where to Draw the Boundaries?

Zack_M_DavisApr 13, 2019, 9:34 PM

123 points

111 comments13 min readLW link 3 reviews

Philosophy in the Darkest Timeline: Basics of the Evolution of Meaning

Zack_M_DavisJun 7, 2020, 7:52 AM

132 points

16 comments14 min readLW link

A revolution in philosophy: the rise of conceptual engineering

Suspended ReasonJun 2, 2020, 6:30 PM

141 points

50 comments21 min readLW link

Schelling Categories, and Simple Membership Tests

Zack_M_DavisAug 26, 2019, 2:43 AM

59 points

10 comments8 min readLW link

Fuzzy Boundaries, Real Concepts

orthonormalMay 7, 2018, 3:39 AM

27 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

Maybe Lying Can’t Exist?!

Zack_M_DavisAug 23, 2020, 12:36 AM

58 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Agreeing With Stalin in Ways That Exhibit Generally Rationalist Principles

Zack_M_DavisMar 2, 2024, 10:05 PM

27 points

25 comments58 min readLW link

(unremediatedgender.space)

Taboo Your Words

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 15, 2008, 10:53 PM

290 points

133 comments3 min readLW link

The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories

Scott AlexanderNov 21, 2014, 2:34 PM

106 points

9 comments18 min readLW link

Sapir-Whorf for Rationalists

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Jan 25, 2023, 7:58 AM

155 points

49 comments19 min readLW link

Pondering the paucity of volcanic profanity post Pompeii perusal

CraigMichaelSep 1, 2022, 9:29 AM

21 points

2 comments15 min readLW link

Blue is Arbitrary

lsusrMar 14, 2021, 9:04 AM

64 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Disguised Queries

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 9, 2008, 12:05 AM

187 points

108 comments5 min readLW link

Sneaking in Connotations

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 19, 2008, 7:41 PM

86 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

Reply to Nate Soares on Dolphins

Zack_M_DavisJun 10, 2021, 4:53 AM

46 points

49 comments5 min readLW link

Terminal Values and Instrumental Values

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 15, 2007, 7:56 AM

116 points

46 comments10 min readLW link

Words as Hidden Inferences

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 3, 2008, 11:36 PM

99 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

The Futility of Emergence

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 26, 2007, 10:10 PM

123 points

142 comments3 min readLW link

How An Algorithm Feels From Inside

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 11, 2008, 2:35 AM

296 points

85 comments4 min readLW link

Disputing Definitions

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 12, 2008, 12:15 AM

118 points

46 comments5 min readLW link

Only say ‘rational’ when you can’t eliminate the word

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 31, 2012, 6:56 AM

101 points

49 comments1 min readLW link

The Cluster Structure of Thingspace

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 8, 2008, 12:07 AM

156 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

The Dark Miracle of Optics

Suspended ReasonJun 24, 2020, 3:09 AM

27 points

5 comments8 min readLW link

Words and Implications

johnswentworthOct 1, 2020, 5:37 PM

62 points

25 comments8 min readLW link

A Hill of Validity in Defense of Meaning

Zack_M_DavisJul 15, 2023, 5:57 PM

25 points

120 comments73 min readLW link 1 review

(unremediatedgender.space)

Meaning is Quasi-Idempotent

Chris_LeongJul 24, 2020, 4:08 AM

5 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dagger

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 1, 2008, 8:53 PM

232 points

105 comments1 min readLW link

Dissolving the Question

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2008, 3:17 AM

152 points

122 comments5 min readLW link

Concepts Don’t Work That Way

lukeprogSep 28, 2011, 2:01 AM

88 points

92 comments8 min readLW link

Notes on Sincerity and such

David GrossDec 1, 2020, 5:09 AM

9 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

Blood Is Thicker Than Water 🐬

Zack_M_DavisSep 28, 2021, 3:21 AM

37 points

27 comments13 min readLW link

ChatGPT understands language

philosophybearJan 27, 2023, 7:14 AM

27 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

(philosophybear.substack.com)

If Clarity Seems Like Death to Them

Zack_M_DavisDec 30, 2023, 5:40 PM

47 points

192 comments87 min readLW link 1 review

(unremediatedgender.space)

Two Hot Takes about Quine

Charlie SteinerJul 11, 2023, 6:42 AM

17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Sazen

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Dec 21, 2022, 7:54 AM

287 points

83 comments12 min readLW link 2 reviews

Challenges to Yudkowsky’s Pronoun Reform Proposal

Zack_M_DavisMar 13, 2022, 8:38 PM

48 points

56 comments39 min readLW link 1 review

(unremediatedgender.space)

Relabelings vs. External References

Chris_LeongSep 20, 2019, 2:20 AM

12 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Extended Picture Theory or Models inside Models inside Models

Chris_LeongMar 10, 2021, 1:24 PM

13 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Feel the Meaning

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 13, 2008, 1:01 AM

61 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

No really, the Sticker Shortcut fallacy is indeed a fallacy

ymeskhoutJun 21, 2024, 10:27 PM

11 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(www.ymeskhout.com)

Language Ex Machina

janusJan 15, 2023, 9:19 AM

42 points

23 comments24 min readLW link

(generative.ink)

Lying Alignment Chart

Zack_M_DavisNov 29, 2023, 4:15 PM

77 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

What is a definition, how can it be extrapolated?

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 14, 2023, 6:08 PM

34 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

Sticker Shortcut Fallacy — The Real Worst Argument in the World

ymeskhoutJun 12, 2024, 2:52 PM

27 points

15 comments4 min readLW link

(www.ymeskhout.com)

Linguistic Freedom

Chris_LeongJan 6, 2021, 7:23 AM

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Questions are tools to help answerers optimize utility

ozziegooenMay 24, 2021, 7:30 PM

33 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Extensions and Intensions

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 4, 2008, 9:34 PM

101 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

Please (re)explain your personal jargon

Nathan Helm-BurgerAug 22, 2022, 2:30 PM

23 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

2-Place and 1-Place Words

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 27, 2008, 7:39 AM

125 points

38 comments5 min readLW link

The Argument from Common Usage

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 13, 2008, 4:24 PM

62 points

23 comments4 min readLW link

Hedge drift and advanced motte-and-bailey

Stefan_SchubertMay 1, 2016, 2:45 PM

54 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

align your latent spaces

bhauthDec 24, 2023, 4:30 PM

27 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Language, the Key to Everything

chris82179Feb 12, 2019, 5:06 AM

−2 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Fundamental Uncertainty: Chapter 2 - Why do words have meaning?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 18, 2022, 8:54 PM

15 points

18 comments11 min readLW link

Words as Mental Paintbrush Handles

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 1, 2008, 11:58 PM

50 points

76 comments3 min readLW link

Fallacies of Compression

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 17, 2008, 6:51 PM

101 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

Playing shell games with definitions

weverkaDec 8, 2022, 7:35 PM

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The Parable of Hemlock

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 3, 2008, 2:01 AM

92 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

Neural Categories

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 10, 2008, 12:33 AM

63 points

17 comments4 min readLW link

How webs of meaning grow and change

HazardAug 14, 2020, 1:58 PM

14 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)

eukaryoteMay 3, 2021, 3:47 AM

340 points

60 comments8 min readLW link 2 reviews

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease

Scott AlexanderMay 30, 2010, 9:16 PM

541 points

356 comments9 min readLW link

Notes on Honesty

David GrossOct 28, 2020, 12:54 AM

46 points

7 comments20 min readLW link

Similarity Clusters

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 6, 2008, 3:34 AM

66 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Typicality and Asymmetrical Similarity

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 6, 2008, 9:20 PM

58 points

69 comments3 min readLW link

Enforcing Type Distinction

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jul 31, 2020, 11:39 AM

26 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Chomsky on ChatGPT (link)

mukashiMar 9, 2023, 7:00 AM

2 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

The Cage of the Language

Martin SustrikApr 13, 2022, 5:20 AM

54 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Comment on “Deception as Cooperation”

Zack_M_DavisNov 27, 2021, 4:04 AM

23 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

Fundamental Uncertainty: Chapter 5 - How do we know what we know?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 28, 2022, 1:28 AM

10 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

Genders Discrimination

Jacob FalkovichJul 7, 2022, 3:20 PM

10 points

16 comments4 min readLW link

Blegg Mode

Zack_M_DavisMar 11, 2019, 3:04 PM

18 points

68 comments1 min readLW link

(unremediatedgender.space)

Referencing the Unreferencable

Chris_LeongApr 4, 2020, 10:42 AM

16 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Whether LLMs “understand” anything is mostly a terminological dispute

RobertMJul 9, 2023, 3:31 AM

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Vague Verbiage in Forecasting

trevorMar 22, 2024, 6:05 PM

11 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(goodjudgment.com)

Book Review: Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein

Chris_LeongOct 12, 2021, 8:14 PM

34 points

11 comments34 min readLW link

Wrong Questions

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2008, 5:11 PM

82 points

138 comments2 min readLW link

Superexponential Conceptspace, and Simple Words

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 24, 2008, 11:59 PM

68 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

Worrisome misunderstanding of the core issues with AI transition

Roman LeventovJan 18, 2024, 10:05 AM

5 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Communication Requires Common Interests or Differential Signal Costs

Zack_M_DavisMar 26, 2021, 6:41 AM

40 points

13 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

Deliberately Vague Language is Bullshit

lsusrMay 14, 2021, 9:17 AM

35 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Words, Locally Defined

abramdemskiMay 3, 2018, 11:26 PM

19 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

The Fabric of Real Things

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 12, 2012, 2:11 AM

43 points

308 comments4 min readLW link

Ungendered Spanish

jefftkDec 7, 2019, 4:20 PM

20 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Bootstrap Paradox: Binod Variant™

binodsubediApr 19, 2025, 10:08 AM

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

The Nature of Logic

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 15, 2008, 6:20 AM

42 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

Wittgenstein and Word2vec: Capturing Relational Meaning in Language and Thought

cleanwhiteroomJul 28, 2024, 7:55 PM

2 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

eliminating bias through language?

KvmanThinkingFeb 4, 2025, 1:52 AM

1 point

12 comments1 min readLW link

Variable Question Fallacies

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 5, 2008, 6:22 AM

48 points

37 comments3 min readLW link

Phonosemantic Duplication

bitcoinssgJun 12, 2024, 8:19 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

We need a universal definition of ‘agency’ and related words

CstineSublimeJan 11, 2025, 3:22 AM

18 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

Entanglement and intuition about words and meaning

Bill BenzonOct 4, 2023, 2:16 PM

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Are (at least some) Large Language Models Holographic Memory Stores?

Bill BenzonOct 20, 2023, 1:07 PM

11 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Writing Russian and Ukrainian words in Latin script

ViliamOct 23, 2022, 3:25 PM

19 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

Sequence Exercise: first 3 posts from “A Human’s Guide to Words”

Normal_AnomalyApr 16, 2011, 5:21 PM

44 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Language, logic, and the future of AI: An early-Wittgensteinian perspective

Konstantinos TsermenidisMay 25, 2025, 2:23 PM

0 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Walking Sue

Matthew McRedmondDec 18, 2024, 1:19 PM

2 points

5 comments8 min readLW link

Is Wittgenstein’s Language Game used when helping Ai understand language?

VisionaryHeraJun 4, 2024, 7:41 AM

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

I universally trying to reject the Mind Projection Fallacy—consequences

YanLyutnevAug 30, 2024, 5:42 PM

−3 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

When to join a respectability cascade

B JacobsSep 24, 2024, 7:54 AM

10 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(bobjacobs.substack.com)

[untitled post]

verwindungSep 14, 2023, 4:22 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What words should be shorter in the rational dictionary?

brookApr 2, 2022, 4:46 PM

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Large language models converge toward human-like concept organization

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaSep 2, 2023, 6:00 AM

22 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Surely, rhetorical question?

GustJan 11, 2018, 8:56 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(gusbicalho.com.br)

On the nature of purpose

Nora_AmmannJan 22, 2021, 8:30 AM

29 points

15 comments9 min readLW link

Claiming Connotations

ErrorDec 9, 2012, 11:40 PM

37 points

23 comments2 min readLW link

Philosoplasticity: On the Inevitable Drift of Meaning in Recursive Self-Interpreting Systems

Maikol CoinMay 2, 2025, 5:46 PM

−1 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

The Pink Sparkly Ball Thing (Use unique, non-obvious terms for nuanced concepts)

MalcolmOceanFeb 20, 2016, 11:25 PM

36 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

math terminology as convolution

bhauthOct 30, 2023, 1:05 AM

34 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Word-Distance vs Idea-Distance: The Case for Lanoitaring

SableNov 6, 2022, 5:25 AM

7 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

If it quacks like a duck...

RationalMindsetMar 26, 2023, 6:54 PM

−4 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Replace the Symbol with the Substance

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 16, 2008, 6:12 PM

92 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Recent advances in Natural Language Processing—Some Woolly speculations (2019 essay on semantics and language models)

philosophybearDec 27, 2022, 2:11 AM

1 point

0 comments7 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Scaling laws for language encoding models in fMRI

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaJun 8, 2023, 10:52 AM

30 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Where to Draw the Boundary?

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 21, 2008, 7:14 PM

86 points

53 comments3 min readLW link

Language and Capabilities: Testing LLM Mathematical Abilities Across Languages

Ethan EdwardsApr 4, 2024, 1:18 PM

24 points

2 comments36 min readLW link

Why There Is No Answer to Your Philosophical Question

Bryan FrancesMar 24, 2023, 11:22 PM

−12 points

10 comments12 min readLW link

Where is the Meaning?

HazardJul 22, 2019, 8:18 PM

21 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

The Cynic Wasps in the Beehive

mempkoApr 12, 2025, 7:30 PM

−3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.mempko.com)

[Question] I Tried to Formalize Meaning. I May Have Accidentally Described Consciousness.

Erichcurtis91Apr 30, 2025, 3:16 AM

0 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

What Boston Can Teach Us About What a Woman Is

ymeskhoutMay 1, 2023, 3:34 PM

18 points

45 comments12 min readLW link

Translations Should Invert

abramdemskiOct 5, 2023, 5:44 PM

48 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

The Great Disembedding

rogersbaconSep 27, 2023, 2:53 PM

16 points

4 comments16 min readLW link

(www.secretorum.life)

The Relation Projection Fallacy and the purpose of life

AcademianDec 28, 2012, 4:14 AM

129 points

42 comments3 min readLW link

[Linkpost] A shared linguistic space for transmitting our thoughts from brain to brain in natural conversations

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaJul 1, 2023, 1:57 PM

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Fundamental Philosophical Problems Inherent in AI discourse

AlexSadlerSep 16, 2018, 9:03 PM

23 points

1 comment17 min readLW link

[Question] Is LLM Translation Without Rosetta Stone possible?

cubefoxApr 11, 2024, 12:36 AM

24 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Actors and scribes, words and deeds

BenquoApr 26, 2017, 5:12 AM

38 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

If language is for communication, what does that imply about LLMs?

Bill BenzonMay 12, 2024, 2:55 AM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

E-Prime

CannibalSmithApr 8, 2009, 1:01 PM

19 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

I, Token

Ivan VendrovNov 25, 2024, 2:20 AM

14 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(nothinghuman.substack.com)

Entropy, and Short Codes

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 23, 2008, 3:16 AM

87 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

Persuasiveness vs Soundness

PatrickApr 13, 2009, 8:43 AM

1 point

19 comments2 min readLW link

SotW: Be Specific

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 3, 2012, 6:11 AM

86 points

294 comments12 min readLW link

Pluralistic Moral Reductionism

lukeprogJun 1, 2011, 12:59 AM

64 points

327 comments15 min readLW link

Unnatural Categories

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 24, 2008, 1:00 AM

37 points

10 comments8 min readLW link

Simplicio and Sophisticus

ZviJul 22, 2018, 1:30 PM

42 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Arguing “By Definition”

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 20, 2008, 11:37 PM

85 points

41 comments4 min readLW link

No, Newspeak Won’t Make You Stupid

MikkWDec 18, 2020, 12:56 AM

21 points

38 comments7 min readLW link

Thinking Without Output: Toward Modal Cognition in Language Models

Jeffrie PolisMay 9, 2025, 7:41 AM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Power & Tragedy of Names

SocratesDissatisfiedNov 6, 2020, 10:50 PM

12 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Vague concepts, family resemblance and cluster properties

Q HomeAug 20, 2022, 10:21 AM

18 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

Schematic Thinking: heuristic generalization using Korzybski’s method

romeostevensitOct 14, 2019, 7:29 PM

28 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Wittgenstein and the Private Language Argument

TMFOWMar 24, 2024, 8:06 PM

4 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

(tmfow.substack.com)

The Linguistic Blind Spot of Value-Aligned Agency, Natural and Artificial

Roman LeventovFeb 14, 2023, 6:57 AM

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Category Qualifications (w/ exercises)

Logan RiggsSep 15, 2019, 4:28 PM

23 points

22 comments5 min readLW link

“Arbitrary”

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 12, 2008, 5:55 PM

19 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

How Specificity Works

LironSep 3, 2019, 12:11 PM

90 points

47 comments7 min readLW link

Living Metaphorically

lukeprogNov 28, 2011, 3:01 PM

37 points

80 comments7 min readLW link

Fake Norms, or “Truth” vs. Truth

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 22, 2008, 10:23 AM

28 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dagger—The Animation

WriterJul 29, 2023, 2:03 PM

20 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Definitions are about efficiency and consistency with common language.

Nacruno96Jul 10, 2023, 11:46 PM

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

MonoPoly Restricted Trust

ymeskhoutJan 2, 2024, 11:02 PM

42 points

37 comments9 min readLW link

Rationality and the English Language

Eliezer YudkowskySep 12, 2007, 10:55 PM

145 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Mapping Brains with Language Models: A Survey

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaJun 16, 2023, 9:49 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

How Large Language Models Nuke our Naive Notions of Truth and Reality

Sean LeeApr 17, 2023, 6:08 PM

0 points

23 comments11 min readLW link

Could Things Be Very Different?—How Historical Inertia Might Blind Us To Optimal Solutions

James Stephen BrownSep 11, 2024, 9:53 AM

5 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Reflections on Compatibilism, Ontological Translations, and the Artificial Divine

Mahdi ComplexMay 7, 2025, 12:16 PM

2 points

1 comment22 min readLW link

Defending points you don’t care about

HazardJun 19, 2019, 8:40 PM

41 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

A Chinese Room Containing a Stack of Stochastic Parrots

RogerDearnaleyJan 12, 2024, 6:29 AM

20 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Informal semantics and Orders

Q HomeAug 27, 2022, 4:17 AM

14 points

10 comments26 min readLW link

Gettier cases, Rigid Designators, and Referential Opacity

AntigoneJan 28, 2025, 6:46 PM

1 point

1 comment21 min readLW link

Situating LessWrong in contemporary philosophy: An interview with Jon Livengood

Suspended ReasonJul 1, 2020, 12:37 AM

117 points

21 comments19 min readLW link

Abstractions and translation

Amir BolousMay 20, 2021, 2:45 AM

5 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Would it be effective to learn a language to improve cognition?

HrussMar 26, 2025, 10:17 AM

9 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

STRUCTURE: A Hazardous Guide to Words

HazardJun 20, 2019, 3:27 PM

8 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Fundamentally Fuzzy Concepts Can’t Have Crisp Definitions: Cooperation and Alignment vs Math and Physics

VojtaKovarikJul 21, 2023, 9:03 PM

12 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

Categorizing Has Consequences

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 19, 2008, 1:40 AM

74 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Could LLMs Help Generate New Concepts in Human Language?

Pekka LampeltoMar 24, 2024, 8:13 PM

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

I believe it’s doublethink

kerspoonFeb 21, 2012, 10:30 PM

32 points

32 comments3 min readLW link

Wisdom Cannot Be Unzipped

SableOct 22, 2022, 12:28 AM

74 points

17 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Collapsing “Collapsing the Belief/Knowledge Distinction”

JeremiasSep 20, 2024, 4:11 PM

3 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Empty Labels

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 14, 2008, 11:50 PM

52 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

The First Step is to Admit That You Have a Problem

AlicornOct 6, 2009, 8:59 PM

87 points

87 comments3 min readLW link

Against John Searle, Gary Marcus, the Chinese Room thought experiment and its world

philosophybearDec 29, 2022, 3:26 AM

21 points

43 comments8 min readLW link

Leaky Generalizations

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 9:16 PM

59 points

31 comments3 min readLW link

Conceptual Analysis and Moral Theory

lukeprogMay 16, 2011, 6:28 AM

95 points

481 comments8 min readLW link

ESR’s comments on some EY:OB/LW posts

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 20, 2009, 12:16 AM

7 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Is Fairness Arbitrary?

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 14, 2008, 1:54 AM

9 points

37 comments6 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Large Language Models Converge on Brain-Like Word Representations

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaJun 11, 2023, 11:20 AM

36 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Calibrate words, not just probabilities

MikkWJul 18, 2020, 5:56 AM

11 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Critique of some recent philosophy of LLMs’ minds

Roman LeventovJan 20, 2023, 12:53 PM

52 points

8 comments20 min readLW link

The sentence structure of mathematics

countedblessingsOct 7, 2019, 6:58 PM

41 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

The Unification of Physics and Metaphysics: 22 Axioms for All Existences

monkymind and GPT-4

Apr 30, 2023, 4:16 AM

−42 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Knockdown Argument Paradox

Bryan FrancesJan 28, 2023, 7:23 PM

−12 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What are questions?

Pee DoomJan 9, 2019, 7:37 AM

35 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

Status 451 on Diagnosis: Russell Aphasia

Zack_M_DavisAug 6, 2019, 4:43 AM

48 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(status451.com)

[Question] Bermudez Interface Problem

Motor VehicleMar 27, 2023, 6:11 PM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

Words Aren’t Type Safe

HazardJun 19, 2019, 8:34 PM

22 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

An LLM-based “exemplary actor”

Roman LeventovMay 29, 2023, 11:12 AM

16 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

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