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“Just Suffer Until It Passes”
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
12 Feb 2018 4:01 UTC
89
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Torture vs. Dust Specks
Eliezer Yudkowsky
30 Oct 2007 2:50 UTC
83
points
629
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: The Ethics of What We Eat
Jonah_O
18 Oct 2021 8:16 UTC
20
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
Pain is not the unit of Effort
alkjash
24 Nov 2020 20:00 UTC
546
points
90
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Hell Must Be Destroyed
algekalipso
6 Dec 2018 4:11 UTC
33
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Wirehead your Chickens
Shmi
20 Jun 2018 5:49 UTC
86
points
53
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Suffering as attention-allocational conflict
Kaj_Sotala
18 May 2011 15:12 UTC
71
points
63
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Craving, suffering, and predictive processing (three characteristics series)
Kaj_Sotala
15 May 2020 13:21 UTC
90
points
56
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Suffering and Intractable Pain
Gordon Seidoh Worley
3 Apr 2018 1:05 UTC
11
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Quantifying Human Suffering and “Everyday Suffering”
willfranks
3 Feb 2019 13:07 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
‘Maximum’ level of suffering?
Anirandis
20 Jun 2020 14:05 UTC
6
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Overcoming Suffering & Buddhism
Hul-Gil
31 May 2011 4:35 UTC
3
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism’s Ultimate Goal: Eradicate Human Suffering.
willfranks
25 Apr 2018 12:12 UTC
−1
points
11
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Emotional valence vs RL reward: a video game analogy
Steven Byrnes
3 Sep 2020 15:28 UTC
12
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Suffering
Tiiba
3 Aug 2009 16:02 UTC
10
points
96
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Electrons don’t think (or suffer)
Shmi
2 Jan 2019 16:27 UTC
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(backreaction.blogspot.com)
[Question]
What does “torture vs. dust specks” imply for insect suffering?
Tejas Subramaniam
8 Jun 2020 20:37 UTC
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Imagination and Suffering
SquirrelInHell
5 Jul 2016 14:28 UTC
11
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Overcoming suffering: Emotional acceptance
Kaj_Sotala
29 May 2011 10:57 UTC
60
points
44
comments
6
min read
LW
link
An argument that animals don’t really suffer
Solvent
7 Jan 2012 9:07 UTC
5
points
86
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-Risks): A Neglected Global Priority
ignoranceprior
14 Oct 2016 19:58 UTC
13
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(foundational-research.org)
Pleasure and Pain are Long-Tailed
lsusr
9 Sep 2021 5:10 UTC
38
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Paper: Superintelligence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astronomical Suffering
Kaj_Sotala
3 Jan 2018 14:39 UTC
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.informatica.si)
S-risks: Why they are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them
Kaj_Sotala
20 Jun 2017 12:34 UTC
31
points
106
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(foundational-research.org)
Quick general thoughts on suffering and consciousness
Rob Bensinger
30 Oct 2021 18:05 UTC
38
points
46
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Does equanimity prevent negative utility?
Chris_Leong
11 Jun 2020 7:00 UTC
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Endurance
David Gross
26 Nov 2020 18:44 UTC
13
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Preface to CLR’s Research Agenda on Cooperation, Conflict, and TAI
JesseClifton
13 Dec 2019 21:02 UTC
62
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes on Compassion
David Gross
1 Nov 2020 19:10 UTC
23
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Risk of Mass Human Suffering / Extinction due to Climate Emergency
willfranks
14 Mar 2019 18:32 UTC
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Thought Experiment on Pain as a Moral Disvalue
Wei Dai
11 Mar 2011 7:56 UTC
23
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Preventing s-risks via indexical uncertainty, acausal trade and domination in the multiverse
avturchin
27 Sep 2018 10:09 UTC
11
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
You Too Can See Suffering
SquirrelInHell
3 Oct 2017 19:46 UTC
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)
Richard Dawkins on vivisection: “But can they suffer?”
XiXiDu
4 Jul 2011 16:56 UTC
19
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Valuing Sentience: Can They Suffer?
jefftk
29 Jul 2013 12:39 UTC
9
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mini map of s-risks
turchin
8 Jul 2017 12:33 UTC
6
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
From self to craving (three characteristics series)
Kaj_Sotala
22 May 2020 12:16 UTC
57
points
21
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?
Teo Ajantaival
11 Feb 2019 15:38 UTC
32
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Simple Two-Axis Model of Subjective States, with Possible Applications to Utilitarian Problems
moridinamael
2 Jan 2018 18:07 UTC
10
points
58
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Dilemma of Worse Than Death Scenarios
arkaeik
10 Jul 2018 9:18 UTC
14
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Is skilled hunting unethical?
JamesFaville
17 Feb 2018 18:48 UTC
6
points
18
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The mystery of pain and pleasure
johnsonmx
1 Mar 2015 19:47 UTC
6
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why would evolution favor more bad?
KatjaGrace
6 Oct 2013 18:26 UTC
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Antiantinatalism
Jacob Falkovich
9 Feb 2018 16:49 UTC
6
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
‘The Battle for Compassion’: ethics in a world of accelerating change
lukeprog
11 Sep 2011 12:54 UTC
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
28 social psychology studies from *Experiments With People* (Frey & Gregg, 2017)
Yuxi_Liu
16 Jun 2019 2:23 UTC
12
points
1
comment
26
min read
LW
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 C
3 Jul 2020 21:02 UTC
20
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why I stopped working on AI safety
jbkjr
2 May 2024 5:08 UTC
−5
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(jbkjr.me)
Suffering Is Not Pain
jbkjr
18 Jun 2024 18:04 UTC
34
points
45
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(jbkjr.me)
Motivation Theory
Zero Contradictions
8 Aug 2024 5:05 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)
Pleasure and suffering are not conceptual opposites
MichaelStJules
11 Aug 2024 18:32 UTC
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sequence overview: Welfare and moral weights
MichaelStJules
15 Aug 2024 4:22 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open-ended ethics of phenomena (a desiderata with universal morality)
Ryo
8 Nov 2023 20:10 UTC
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Reducing x-risk might be actively harmful
MountainPath
18 Nov 2024 14:25 UTC
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Alignment, Philosophical Pluralism, and the Relevance of Non-Western Philosophy
xuan
1 Jan 2021 0:08 UTC
30
points
21
comments
20
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How is reinforcement learning possible in non-sentient agents?
SomeoneKind
5 Jan 2021 20:57 UTC
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open-ended/Phenomenal Ethics (TLDR)
Ryo
9 Nov 2023 16:58 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Many of us *are* hit with a baseball once a month.
Alexandros
22 Dec 2010 17:56 UTC
57
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pain
Alicorn
2 Aug 2009 19:12 UTC
47
points
202
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Theories of Pain
mingyuan
26 Aug 2018 22:05 UTC
35
points
10
comments
9
min read
LW
link
How to Deal with Depression—The Meta Layers
ShannonFriedman
26 Oct 2012 18:44 UTC
38
points
74
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A cognitive intervention for wrist pain
rmoehn
17 Mar 2019 5:26 UTC
28
points
24
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Peanut Butter
Jacob Falkovich
3 Dec 2018 19:30 UTC
28
points
3
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Aella on Rationality and the Void
Jacob Falkovich
31 Oct 2019 21:40 UTC
27
points
8
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Contrived infinite-torture scenarios: July 2010
PlaidX
23 Jul 2010 23:54 UTC
31
points
139
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On dollars, utility, and crack cocaine
PhilGoetz
4 Apr 2009 0:00 UTC
16
points
100
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is masochism necessary?
PhilGoetz
10 Apr 2009 23:48 UTC
9
points
147
comments
2
min read
LW
link
TED Talks for Less Wrong
Cyan
2 May 2009 3:32 UTC
15
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Short, Extreme, Forgotten Torture vs Death
burrito
7 Feb 2021 9:31 UTC
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suffering-Focused Ethics in the Infinite Universe. How can we redeem ourselves if Multiverse Immortality is real and subjective death is impossible.
Szymon Kucharski
24 Feb 2021 21:02 UTC
−2
points
4
comments
70
min read
LW
link
Which animals can suffer?
Valentin2026
1 Jun 2021 3:42 UTC
7
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vipassana Meditation and Active Inference: A Framework for Understanding Suffering and its Cessation
Benjamin Sturgeon
21 Mar 2024 12:32 UTC
50
points
8
comments
19
min read
LW
link
[Book Review] “Suffering-focused Ethics” by Magnus Vinding
KStub
28 Dec 2021 5:58 UTC
15
points
3
comments
24
min read
LW
link
What are red flags for Neural Network suffering?
Marius Hobbhahn
8 Nov 2021 12:51 UTC
29
points
15
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Any person/mind should have the right to suicide
askofa
12 Jan 2023 0:32 UTC
14
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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