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Thoughts on the Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute (SI)

HoldenKarnofskyMay 11, 2012, 4:31 AM
330 points
1,274 comments29 min readLW link

Punc­tu­al­ity—Ar­riv­ing on Time and Math

XachariahMay 3, 2012, 1:35 AM
136 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

The ra­tio­nal ra­tio­nal­ist’s guide to ra­tio­nally us­ing “ra­tio­nal” in ra­tio­nal post titles

VaniverMay 27, 2012, 7:13 PM
128 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Avoid in­fla­tion­ary use of terms

lsparrishMay 30, 2012, 8:31 PM
101 points
86 comments3 min readLW link

When None Dare Urge Res­traint, pt. 2

Jay_SchweikertMay 30, 2012, 3:28 PM
84 points
92 comments3 min readLW link

Value of In­for­ma­tion: 8 examples

gwernMay 18, 2012, 11:45 PM
83 points
44 comments7 min readLW link

How to brain­storm effectively

PECOS-9May 19, 2012, 9:29 PM
63 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

Prob­le­matic Prob­lems for TDT

drnickboneMay 29, 2012, 3:41 PM
62 points
293 comments4 min readLW link

Think­ing and De­cid­ing: a chap­ter by chap­ter review

VaniverMay 9, 2012, 11:52 PM
57 points
16 comments13 min readLW link

Pe­ti­tion: Off topic area

[deleted]May 13, 2012, 6:41 PM
55 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Case Study: Test­ing Con­fir­ma­tion Bias

gwernMay 2, 2012, 2:03 PM
51 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

Tools ver­sus agents

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 16, 2012, 1:00 PM
49 points
39 comments5 min readLW link

PSA: Learn to code

John_MaxwellMay 25, 2012, 6:50 PM
48 points
77 comments3 min readLW link

Off to Alice Springs

Psy-KoshMay 16, 2012, 7:32 PM
47 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Alan Carter on the Com­plex­ity of Value

GhatanathoahMay 10, 2012, 7:23 AM
47 points
41 comments7 min readLW link

Share Your Check­lists!

lukeprogMay 26, 2012, 4:12 AM
46 points
64 comments2 min readLW link

Com­puter Science and Pro­gram­ming: Links and Resources

XiXiDuMay 29, 2012, 1:17 PM
42 points
43 comments14 min readLW link

A Pro­to­col for Op­ti­miz­ing Affection

[deleted]May 30, 2012, 12:38 AM
41 points
114 comments4 min readLW link

Co­var­i­ance in your sam­ple vs co­var­i­ance in the gen­eral population

RomeoStevensMay 16, 2012, 12:17 AM
41 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Less­wrong Com­mu­nity’s How-Tos and Recommendations

EE43026FMay 7, 2012, 1:41 PM
38 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Fund­ing Good Research

lukeprogMay 27, 2012, 6:41 AM
38 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

Why do peo­ple ____?

magfrumpMay 4, 2012, 4:20 AM
36 points
255 comments1 min readLW link

Book Sum­mary: Willpower by Baumeister, Tierney

DorikkaMay 24, 2012, 11:34 PM
36 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Re­view: Selfish Rea­sons to Have More Kids

jsalvatierMay 29, 2012, 6:00 PM
34 points
256 comments4 min readLW link

SotW: Avoid Mo­ti­vated Cognition

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 28, 2012, 3:57 PM
33 points
77 comments10 min readLW link

Gen­eral pur­pose in­tel­li­gence: ar­gu­ing the Orthog­o­nal­ity thesis

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 15, 2012, 10:23 AM
33 points
155 comments18 min readLW link

Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, 5/​14/​12

cataMay 15, 2012, 3:01 AM
31 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity and Winning

lukeprogMay 4, 2012, 6:31 PM
30 points
84 comments2 min readLW link

A thought about In­ter­net procrastination

RolfAndreassenMay 15, 2012, 9:46 PM
30 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

A Schol­arly AI Risk Wiki

lukeprogMay 25, 2012, 8:53 PM
28 points
57 comments5 min readLW link

Work harder on taboo­ing “Friendly AI”

ChrisHallquistMay 20, 2012, 8:51 AM
27 points
52 comments2 min readLW link

The ethics of break­ing belief

thelittledoctorMay 8, 2012, 8:34 PM
26 points
126 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­tise and advice

John_MaxwellMay 27, 2012, 1:49 AM
25 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Strong in­tu­tions. Weak ar­gu­ments. What to do?

Wei DaiMay 10, 2012, 7:27 PM
25 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Overview ar­ti­cle on FAI in a pop­u­lar sci­ence mag­a­z­ine (He­brew)

JoshuaFoxMay 15, 2012, 11:09 AM
24 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Neu­roimag­ing as al­ter­na­tive/​sup­ple­ment to cry­on­ics?

Wei DaiMay 12, 2012, 11:26 PM
24 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

Q&A with Aubrey de Grey on May 15

UsernameMay 13, 2012, 8:45 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Most trans­fer­able skills?

kalla724May 11, 2012, 9:58 PM
23 points
77 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Rea­son: the God that fails, but we keep so­cially pro­mot­ing….

[deleted]May 30, 2012, 10:59 AM
22 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

Two kinds of cry­on­ics?

lsparrishMay 10, 2012, 2:43 AM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Con­se­quen­tial­ist For­mal Systems

Vladimir_NesovMay 8, 2012, 8:38 PM
22 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Ur­gent: Sub­jects needed for ra­tio­nal­ity mea­sure development

DrewsmithymanMay 3, 2012, 7:38 PM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

No Value

RaidenMay 5, 2012, 10:38 PM
20 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Log­i­cal fal­la­cies poster, a LessWrong adap­ta­tion.

UtopiahMay 8, 2012, 7:08 AM
19 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute cri­tique: Is SI the kind of or­ga­ni­za­tion we want to bet on?

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:25 AM
19 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Posts I’d Like To Write (In­cludes Poll)

orthonormalMay 26, 2012, 9:25 PM
18 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Ob­jec­tion 2

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:18 AM
18 points
41 comments8 min readLW link

Short ar­ti­cle on AI in UK on­line Wired

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 17, 2012, 6:26 PM
18 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Wasted life

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2012, 10:21 AM
18 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

List of un­der­rated risks?

yttriumMay 30, 2012, 8:59 PM
18 points
49 comments1 min readLW link