Thoughts on the Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute (SI)

HoldenKarnofsky11 May 2012 4:31 UTC
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Punc­tu­al­ity—Ar­riv­ing on Time and Math

Xachariah3 May 2012 1:35 UTC
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The ra­tio­nal ra­tio­nal­ist’s guide to ra­tio­nally us­ing “ra­tio­nal” in ra­tio­nal post titles

Vaniver27 May 2012 19:13 UTC
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Avoid in­fla­tion­ary use of terms

lsparrish30 May 2012 20:31 UTC
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When None Dare Urge Res­traint, pt. 2

Jay_Schweikert30 May 2012 15:28 UTC
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Value of In­for­ma­tion: 8 examples

gwern18 May 2012 23:45 UTC
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How to brain­storm effectively

PECOS-919 May 2012 21:29 UTC
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Prob­le­matic Prob­lems for TDT

drnickbone29 May 2012 15:41 UTC
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Think­ing and De­cid­ing: a chap­ter by chap­ter review

Vaniver9 May 2012 23:52 UTC
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Pe­ti­tion: Off topic area

[deleted]13 May 2012 18:41 UTC
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Case Study: Test­ing Con­fir­ma­tion Bias

gwern2 May 2012 14:03 UTC
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Tools ver­sus agents

Stuart_Armstrong16 May 2012 13:00 UTC
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PSA: Learn to code

John_Maxwell25 May 2012 18:50 UTC
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Off to Alice Springs

Psy-Kosh16 May 2012 19:32 UTC
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Alan Carter on the Com­plex­ity of Value

Ghatanathoah10 May 2012 7:23 UTC
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Share Your Check­lists!

lukeprog26 May 2012 4:12 UTC
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Com­puter Science and Pro­gram­ming: Links and Resources

XiXiDu29 May 2012 13:17 UTC
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Co­var­i­ance in your sam­ple vs co­var­i­ance in the gen­eral population

RomeoStevens16 May 2012 0:17 UTC
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A Pro­to­col for Op­ti­miz­ing Affection

[deleted]30 May 2012 0:38 UTC
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Fund­ing Good Research

lukeprog27 May 2012 6:41 UTC
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Less­wrong Com­mu­nity’s How-Tos and Recommendations

EE43026F7 May 2012 13:41 UTC
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Book Sum­mary: Willpower by Baumeister, Tierney

Dorikka24 May 2012 23:34 UTC
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Why do peo­ple ____?

magfrump4 May 2012 4:20 UTC
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Re­view: Selfish Rea­sons to Have More Kids

jsalvatier29 May 2012 18:00 UTC
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Gen­eral pur­pose in­tel­li­gence: ar­gu­ing the Orthog­o­nal­ity thesis

Stuart_Armstrong15 May 2012 10:23 UTC
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SotW: Avoid Mo­ti­vated Cognition

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 May 2012 15:57 UTC
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Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, 5/​14/​12

cata15 May 2012 3:01 UTC
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Ra­tion­al­ity and Winning

lukeprog4 May 2012 18:31 UTC
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A thought about In­ter­net procrastination

RolfAndreassen15 May 2012 21:46 UTC
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A Schol­arly AI Risk Wiki

lukeprog25 May 2012 20:53 UTC
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Work harder on taboo­ing “Friendly AI”

ChrisHallquist20 May 2012 8:51 UTC
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The ethics of break­ing belief

thelittledoctor8 May 2012 20:34 UTC
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Strong in­tu­tions. Weak ar­gu­ments. What to do?

Wei Dai10 May 2012 19:27 UTC
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Ex­per­tise and advice

John_Maxwell27 May 2012 1:49 UTC
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Overview ar­ti­cle on FAI in a pop­u­lar sci­ence mag­a­z­ine (He­brew)

JoshuaFox15 May 2012 11:09 UTC
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Neu­roimag­ing as al­ter­na­tive/​sup­ple­ment to cry­on­ics?

Wei Dai12 May 2012 23:26 UTC
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Q&A with Aubrey de Grey on May 15

Username13 May 2012 20:45 UTC
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Most trans­fer­able skills?

kalla72411 May 2012 21:58 UTC
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[Link] Rea­son: the God that fails, but we keep so­cially pro­mot­ing….

[deleted]30 May 2012 10:59 UTC
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Two kinds of cry­on­ics?

lsparrish10 May 2012 2:43 UTC
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Con­se­quen­tial­ist For­mal Systems

Vladimir_Nesov8 May 2012 20:38 UTC
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Ur­gent: Sub­jects needed for ra­tio­nal­ity mea­sure development

Drewsmithyman3 May 2012 19:38 UTC
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No Value

Raiden5 May 2012 22:38 UTC
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Log­i­cal fal­la­cies poster, a LessWrong adap­ta­tion.

Utopiah8 May 2012 7:08 UTC
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Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute cri­tique: Is SI the kind of or­ga­ni­za­tion we want to bet on?

Paul Crowley11 May 2012 7:25 UTC
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Posts I’d Like To Write (In­cludes Poll)

orthonormal26 May 2012 21:25 UTC
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Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Ob­jec­tion 2

Paul Crowley11 May 2012 7:18 UTC
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Short ar­ti­cle on AI in UK on­line Wired

Stuart_Armstrong17 May 2012 18:26 UTC
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List of un­der­rated risks?

yttrium30 May 2012 20:59 UTC
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Wasted life

Stuart_Armstrong24 May 2012 10:21 UTC
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