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The Blue-Min­i­miz­ing Robot

Scott Alexander4 Jul 2011 22:26 UTC
326 points
160 comments4 min readLW link

Ap­prov­ing re­in­forces low-effort behaviors

Scott Alexander17 Jul 2011 20:43 UTC
161 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

Se­crets of the eliminati

Scott Alexander20 Jul 2011 10:15 UTC
133 points
256 comments3 min readLW link

On the un­pop­u­lar­ity of cry­on­ics: life sucks, but at least then you die

gwern29 Jul 2011 21:06 UTC
127 points
472 comments7 min readLW link

Fol­low-up on ESP study: “We don’t pub­lish repli­ca­tions”

CarlShulman12 Jul 2011 20:48 UTC
112 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

The limits of introspection

Scott Alexander16 Jul 2011 21:00 UTC
110 points
43 comments6 min readLW link

Prospect The­ory: A Frame­work for Un­der­stand­ing Cog­ni­tive Biases

Scott Alexander10 Jul 2011 5:20 UTC
98 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Phys­i­cal and Men­tal Behavior

Scott Alexander10 Jul 2011 20:20 UTC
89 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Be­hav­iorism: Be­ware An­thro­po­mor­phiz­ing Humans

Scott Alexander4 Jul 2011 20:40 UTC
89 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Ego syn­tonic thoughts and values

Scott Alexander17 Jul 2011 20:43 UTC
87 points
55 comments4 min readLW link

An Out­side View on Less Wrong’s Advice

Mass_Driver7 Jul 2011 4:46 UTC
84 points
162 comments8 min readLW link

Rea­sons for be­ing rational

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 1 Jul 2011 15:28 UTC
81 points
179 comments3 min readLW link

To what de­gree do we have goals?

Scott Alexander15 Jul 2011 23:11 UTC
80 points
52 comments7 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Mar­ket Research

Raemon14 Jul 2011 19:41 UTC
79 points
86 comments7 min readLW link

Ba­sics of An­i­mal Reinforcement

Scott Alexander5 Jul 2011 20:42 UTC
73 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Trivers on Self-Deception

Scott Alexander12 Jul 2011 21:04 UTC
66 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

Time and Effort Discounting

Scott Alexander7 Jul 2011 23:48 UTC
65 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Want­ing vs. Lik­ing Revisited

Scott Alexander9 Jul 2011 20:54 UTC
63 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Con­nec­tion­ism: Model­ing the mind with neu­ral networks

Scott Alexander19 Jul 2011 1:16 UTC
60 points
20 comments8 min readLW link

Ba­sics of Hu­man Reinforcement

Scott Alexander6 Jul 2011 21:09 UTC
56 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

Ten­den­cies in re­flec­tive equilibrium

Scott Alexander20 Jul 2011 10:38 UTC
51 points
70 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] Com­puter im­proves its Civ­i­liza­tion II game­play by read­ing the manual

Kaj_Sotala13 Jul 2011 12:00 UTC
49 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal Philan­thropy for Hu­man Beings

lukeprog25 Jul 2011 7:27 UTC
49 points
86 comments7 min readLW link

Find your­self a Wor­thy Op­po­nent: a Chavruta

Raw_Power6 Jul 2011 10:59 UTC
48 points
74 comments3 min readLW link

Vol­un­tary Be­hav­ior, Con­scious Thoughts

Scott Alexander11 Jul 2011 22:13 UTC
46 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Sin­gu­lar­ity Strategies

Wei Dai13 Jul 2011 2:41 UTC
45 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Open Problems

lukeprog5 Jul 2011 7:25 UTC
41 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Out­line of pos­si­ble Sin­gu­lar­ity sce­nar­ios (that are not com­pletely dis­as­trous)

Wei Dai6 Jul 2011 21:17 UTC
40 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

New Post ver­sion 1 (please read this ONLY if your last name be­ings with a–k)

lukeprog27 Jul 2011 21:57 UTC
40 points
87 comments5 min readLW link

Re­cent site changes, Mon 4th July

matt4 Jul 2011 7:25 UTC
39 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

Stan­ford In­tro to AI course to be taught for free online

Psy-Kosh30 Jul 2011 16:22 UTC
38 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

A Suggested Read­ing Order for Less Wrong [2011]

jimrandomh8 Jul 2011 1:40 UTC
38 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Re­cent Less Wrong downtime

drpowell18 Jul 2011 4:50 UTC
36 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

How to an­noy mis­an­thropes and bleed­ing-hearts

PhilGoetz7 Jul 2011 2:27 UTC
35 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Guardian column on ugh fields, men­tions LW

Kaj_Sotala9 Jul 2011 12:34 UTC
35 points
45 comments2 min readLW link

Dis­tract­ing wolves and real es­tate agents

PhilGoetz7 Jul 2011 13:49 UTC
34 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

Dun­geons and Dis­course implementation

Scott Alexander24 Jul 2011 10:37 UTC
34 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Not for the Sake of Selfish­ness Alone

lukeprog2 Jul 2011 17:37 UTC
34 points
20 comments8 min readLW link

Do not ask what ra­tio­nal­ists should do

thakil13 Jul 2011 10:47 UTC
34 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Judo, or Us­ing the Availa­bil­ity Heuris­tic to Win

jschulter15 Jul 2011 8:39 UTC
33 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

The $125,000 Sum­mer Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Kaj_Sotala29 Jul 2011 21:02 UTC
32 points
262 comments2 min readLW link

Prefer­ence For (Many) Fu­ture Worlds

wedrifid15 Jul 2011 23:31 UTC
31 points
37 comments5 min readLW link

How to en­joy be­ing wrong

lincolnquirk27 Jul 2011 5:48 UTC
30 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Bayesian justice

gwern26 Jul 2011 0:58 UTC
30 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

What’s wrong with sim­plic­ity of value?

Wei Dai27 Jul 2011 3:09 UTC
29 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Vol­un­teers needed to work on LessWrong’s pub­lic goods problem

jsalvatier3 Jul 2011 1:08 UTC
29 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

“A good vol­un­teer is hard to find”

gwern13 Jul 2011 21:48 UTC
28 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Po­larized gamma rays and man­i­fest infinity

rwallace30 Jul 2011 6:56 UTC
27 points
51 comments3 min readLW link

Re­quest­ing low cost/​high pay­off pro­jects ideas

jsalvatier30 Jul 2011 20:48 UTC
27 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment: Knox case de­bate with Rolf Nelson

komponisto8 Jul 2011 8:22 UTC
27 points
68 comments1 min readLW link