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Some im­pli­ca­tions of rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Plea­sure and suffer­ing are not con­cep­tual opposites

MichaelStJulesAug 11, 2024, 6:32 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Just Suffer Un­til It Passes”

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Feb 12, 2018, 4:01 AM
90 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Ethics of What We Eat

Jonah_OOct 18, 2021, 8:16 AM
20 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjashNov 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
566 points
92 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Hell Must Be Destroyed

algekalipsoDec 6, 2018, 4:11 AM
33 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Wire­head your Chickens

ShmiJun 20, 2018, 5:49 AM
86 points
53 comments2 min readLW link

Tor­ture vs. Dust Specks

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 30, 2007, 2:50 AM
84 points
630 comments1 min readLW link

The mys­tery of pain and pleasure

johnsonmxMar 1, 2015, 7:47 PM
6 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] ‘Max­i­mum’ level of suffer­ing?

AnirandisJun 20, 2020, 2:05 PM
6 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Why would evolu­tion fa­vor more bad?

KatjaGraceOct 6, 2013, 6:26 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Re­duc­ing Risks of Astro­nom­i­cal Suffer­ing (S-Risks): A Ne­glected Global Priority

ignorancepriorOct 14, 2016, 7:58 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(foundational-research.org)

You Too Can See Suffering

SquirrelInHellOct 3, 2017, 7:46 PM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)

A Thought Ex­per­i­ment on Pain as a Mo­ral Disvalue

Wei DaiMar 11, 2011, 7:56 AM
23 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What does “tor­ture vs. dust specks” im­ply for in­sect suffer­ing?

Tejas SubramaniamJun 8, 2020, 8:37 PM
10 points
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Notes on Compassion

David GrossNov 1, 2020, 7:10 PM
23 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

Does equa­nim­ity pre­vent nega­tive util­ity?

Chris_LeongJun 11, 2020, 7:00 AM
14 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Quan­tify­ing Hu­man Suffer­ing and “Every­day Suffer­ing”

willfranksFeb 3, 2019, 1:07 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Emo­tional valence vs RL re­ward: a video game analogy

Steven ByrnesSep 3, 2020, 3:28 PM
12 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

An ar­gu­ment that an­i­mals don’t re­ally suffer

SolventJan 7, 2012, 9:07 AM
5 points
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The Dilemma of Worse Than Death Scenarios

arkaeikJul 10, 2018, 9:18 AM
14 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Pre­face to CLR’s Re­search Agenda on Co­op­er­a­tion, Con­flict, and TAI

JesseCliftonDec 13, 2019, 9:02 PM
62 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Risk of Mass Hu­man Suffer­ing /​ Ex­tinc­tion due to Cli­mate Emer­gency

willfranksMar 14, 2019, 6:32 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Suffer­ing and In­tractable Pain

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 3, 2018, 1:05 AM
11 points
4 comments7 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Suffer­ing as at­ten­tion-al­lo­ca­tional conflict

Kaj_SotalaMay 18, 2011, 3:12 PM
71 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

Over­com­ing Suffer­ing & Buddhism

Hul-GilMay 31, 2011, 4:35 AM
3 points
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Is skil­led hunt­ing un­eth­i­cal?

JamesFavilleFeb 17, 2018, 6:48 PM
6 points
18 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] If some­one you loved was ex­pe­rienc­ing un­remit­ting suffer­ing (re­lated to a con­stel­la­tion of multi-di­men­sional fac­tors and pro­cesses, those of which in­clude anoma­lous states of con­scious­ness and an ia­tro­genic men­tal health sys­tem), what would you think and what would you do?

Sara CJul 3, 2020, 9:02 PM
20 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Prevent­ing s-risks via in­dex­i­cal un­cer­tainty, acausal trade and dom­i­na­tion in the multiverse

avturchinSep 27, 2018, 10:09 AM
12 points
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A Sim­ple Two-Axis Model of Sub­jec­tive States, with Pos­si­ble Ap­pli­ca­tions to Utili­tar­ian Problems

moridinamaelJan 2, 2018, 6:07 PM
10 points
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Mini map of s-risks

turchinJul 8, 2017, 12:33 PM
6 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Suffering

TiibaAug 3, 2009, 4:02 PM
10 points
98 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Endurance

David GrossNov 26, 2020, 6:44 PM
13 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

S-risks: Why they are the worst ex­is­ten­tial risks, and how to pre­vent them

Kaj_SotalaJun 20, 2017, 12:34 PM
31 points
106 comments1 min readLW link
(foundational-research.org)

Paper: Su­per­in­tel­li­gence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astro­nom­i­cal Suffering

Kaj_SotalaJan 3, 2018, 2:39 PM
2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.informatica.si)

From self to crav­ing (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_SotalaMay 22, 2020, 12:16 PM
63 points
21 comments11 min readLW link

Antiantinatalism

Jacob FalkovichFeb 9, 2018, 4:49 PM
7 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Over­com­ing suffer­ing: Emo­tional acceptance

Kaj_SotalaMay 29, 2011, 10:57 AM
60 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

Elec­trons don’t think (or suffer)

ShmiJan 2, 2019, 4:27 PM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(backreaction.blogspot.com)

Valu­ing Sen­tience: Can They Suffer?

jefftkJul 29, 2013, 12:39 PM
9 points
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Learned pain as a lead­ing cause of chronic pain

SoerenMindApr 9, 2025, 11:57 AM
201 points
37 comments9 min readLW link

Quick gen­eral thoughts on suffer­ing and consciousness

Rob BensingerOct 30, 2021, 6:05 PM
38 points
50 comments21 min readLW link

Crav­ing, suffer­ing, and pre­dic­tive pro­cess­ing (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_SotalaMay 15, 2020, 1:21 PM
96 points
56 comments19 min readLW link

‘The Bat­tle for Com­pas­sion’: ethics in a world of ac­cel­er­at­ing change

lukeprogSep 11, 2011, 12:54 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism’s Ul­ti­mate Goal: Erad­i­cate Hu­man Suffer­ing.

willfranksApr 25, 2018, 12:12 PM
−1 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Plea­sure and Pain are Long-Tailed

lsusrSep 9, 2021, 5:10 AM
38 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on Imag­i­na­tion and Suffering

SquirrelInHellJul 5, 2016, 2:28 PM
11 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Richard Dawk­ins on vivi­sec­tion: “But can they suffer?”

XiXiDuJul 4, 2011, 4:56 PM
19 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

28 so­cial psy­chol­ogy stud­ies from *Ex­per­i­ments With Peo­ple* (Frey & Gregg, 2017)

Yuxi_LiuJun 16, 2019, 2:23 AM
12 points
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Suffer­ing Is Not Pain

jbkjrJun 18, 2024, 6:04 PM
34 points
45 comments5 min readLW link
(jbkjr.me)

AI Align­ment, Philo­soph­i­cal Plu­ral­ism, and the Rele­vance of Non-Western Philosophy

xuanJan 1, 2021, 12:08 AM
31 points
21 comments20 min readLW link

Aella on Ra­tion­al­ity and the Void

Jacob FalkovichOct 31, 2019, 9:40 PM
27 points
8 comments15 min readLW link

Peanut Butter

Jacob FalkovichDec 3, 2018, 7:30 PM
28 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

How to Deal with De­pres­sion—The Meta Layers

ShannonFriedmanOct 26, 2012, 6:44 PM
38 points
74 comments2 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “Suffer­ing-fo­cused Ethics” by Mag­nus Vinding

KStubDec 28, 2021, 5:58 AM
15 points
3 comments24 min readLW link

What are red flags for Neu­ral Net­work suffer­ing?

Marius HobbhahnNov 8, 2021, 12:51 PM
29 points
15 comments12 min readLW link

A cog­ni­tive in­ter­ven­tion for wrist pain

rmoehnMar 17, 2019, 5:26 AM
28 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

Open-ended ethics of phe­nom­ena (a desider­ata with uni­ver­sal moral­ity)

Ryo Nov 8, 2023, 8:10 PM
1 point
0 comments8 min readLW link

The­o­ries of Pain

mingyuanAug 26, 2018, 10:05 PM
35 points
10 comments9 min readLW link

Re­duc­ing x-risk might be ac­tively harmful

MountainPathNov 18, 2024, 2:25 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ti­va­tion Theory

Zero ContradictionsAug 8, 2024, 5:05 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

On dol­lars, util­ity, and crack cocaine

PhilGoetzApr 4, 2009, 12:00 AM
16 points
100 comments2 min readLW link

Pain

AlicornAug 2, 2009, 7:12 PM
48 points
202 comments2 min readLW link

Many of us *are* hit with a base­ball once a month.

AlexandrosDec 22, 2010, 5:56 PM
57 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

A sim­ple, in­tu­itive, and suffi­cient crite­rion for moral patienthood

stormykatMay 20, 2025, 5:37 AM
0 points
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Any per­son/​mind should have the right to suicide

askofaJan 12, 2023, 12:32 AM
14 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

​​ Open-ended/​Phenom­e­nal ​Ethics ​(TLDR)

Ryo Nov 9, 2023, 4:58 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why I stopped work­ing on AI safety

jbkjrMay 2, 2024, 5:08 AM
−5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(jbkjr.me)

Suffer­ing-Fo­cused Ethics in the In­finite Uni­verse. How can we re­deem our­selves if Mul­ti­verse Im­mor­tal­ity is real and sub­jec­tive death is im­pos­si­ble.

Szymon KucharskiFeb 24, 2021, 9:02 PM
−2 points
4 comments70 min readLW link

[Question] How is re­in­force­ment learn­ing pos­si­ble in non-sen­tient agents?

SomeoneKindJan 5, 2021, 8:57 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Myths about Non­d­u­al­ity and Science by Gary Weber

Vadim GolubJan 15, 2025, 6:33 PM
2 points
0 comments23 min readLW link

Con­trived in­finite-tor­ture sce­nar­ios: July 2010

PlaidXJul 23, 2010, 11:54 PM
31 points
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Ac­tu­al­ism, asym­me­try and extinction

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:02 PM
1 point
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Vi­pas­sana Med­i­ta­tion and Ac­tive In­fer­ence: A Frame­work for Un­der­stand­ing Suffer­ing and its Cessation

sturbMar 21, 2024, 12:32 PM
50 points
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TED Talks for Less Wrong

CyanMay 2, 2009, 3:32 AM
15 points
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Which an­i­mals can suffer?

Valentin2026Jun 1, 2021, 3:42 AM
7 points
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Short, Ex­treme, For­got­ten Tor­ture vs Death

burritoFeb 7, 2021, 9:31 AM
2 points
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Is masochism nec­es­sary?

PhilGoetzApr 10, 2009, 11:48 PM
9 points
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Se­quence overview: Welfare and moral weights

MichaelStJulesAug 15, 2024, 4:22 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
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