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The Power of Reinforcement
lukeprog
Jun 21, 2012, 1:42 PM
172
points
474
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Reply to Holden on ‘Tool AI’
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 12, 2012, 6:00 PM
152
points
356
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Nash Equilibria and Schelling Points
Scott Alexander
Jun 29, 2012, 2:06 AM
134
points
82
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Plastination is maturing and needs funding, says Hanson
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 20, 2012, 8:00 PM
105
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.overcomingbias.com)
Introduction to Game Theory: Sequence Guide
Scott Alexander
Jun 28, 2012, 3:32 AM
85
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Son of Shit Rationalists Say
Eneasz
Jun 1, 2012, 1:47 PM
82
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Run a Successful Less Wrong Meetup
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 12, 2012, 9:32 PM
81
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Intellectual insularity and productivity
[deleted]
Jun 11, 2012, 3:10 PM
80
points
169
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Glenn Beck discusses the Singularity, cites SI researchers
Brihaspati
Jun 12, 2012, 4:45 PM
73
points
181
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Link] Can We Reverse The Stanford Prison Experiment?
daenerys
Jun 14, 2012, 3:41 AM
66
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Blogs by LWers
[deleted]
Jun 22, 2012, 8:53 AM
63
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] The Greek Heliocentric Theory
[deleted]
Jun 12, 2012, 5:18 PM
55
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bounded versions of Gödel’s and Löb’s theorems
cousin_it
Jun 27, 2012, 6:28 PM
52
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ask an experimental physicist
RolfAndreassen
Jun 8, 2012, 11:43 PM
49
points
295
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A (small) critique of total utilitarianism
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 26, 2012, 12:36 PM
47
points
237
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Marketplace Transactions Open Thread
John_Maxwell
Jun 2, 2012, 4:31 AM
46
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Problems Related to Solomonoff Induction
Wei Dai
Jun 6, 2012, 12:26 AM
46
points
104
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Conspiracy Theories as Agency Fictions
[deleted]
Jun 9, 2012, 3:15 PM
44
points
117
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why Academic Papers Are A Terrible Discussion Forum
alyssavance
Jun 20, 2012, 6:15 PM
44
points
53
comments
6
min read
LW
link
List of Problems That Motivated UDT
Wei Dai
Jun 6, 2012, 12:26 AM
43
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Satire of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology’s publication bias
CarlShulman
Jun 5, 2012, 12:08 AM
43
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cards Against Rationality
fubarobfusco
Jun 16, 2012, 2:23 AM
41
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Paper: Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma contains strategies that dominate any evolutionary opponent
mapnoterritory
Jun 2, 2012, 8:50 PM
39
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Seeking a “Seeking Whence ‘Seek Whence’” Sequence
Will_Newsome
Jun 25, 2012, 11:10 AM
39
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Have you changed your mind lately? On what?
Emile
Jun 4, 2012, 7:54 PM
39
points
106
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Building toward a Friendly AI team
lukeprog
Jun 6, 2012, 6:57 PM
39
points
96
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Thick and thin
[deleted]
Jun 6, 2012, 12:08 PM
39
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Nerds are nuts
[deleted]
Jun 7, 2012, 7:48 AM
37
points
44
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Leading Discussions: Addressing Time Monopolizers
SwingDancerMike
Jun 21, 2012, 4:44 PM
36
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What’s the best way to rest?
[deleted]
Jun 15, 2012, 12:45 AM
36
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts and problems with Eliezer’s measure of optimization power
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 8, 2012, 9:44 AM
36
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Proposal for “Open Problems in Friendly AI”
lukeprog
Jun 1, 2012, 2:06 AM
33
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suggest alternate names for the “Singularity Institute”
lukeprog
Jun 19, 2012, 4:42 AM
33
points
159
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong on Twitter
Grognor
Jun 22, 2012, 3:51 PM
32
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Web of Trust lists Singularity.org as having a bad reputation
RobertLumley
Jun 23, 2012, 4:28 PM
29
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Which cognitive biases should we trust in?
Andy_McKenzie
Jun 1, 2012, 6:37 AM
29
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Focus on rationality
Oscar_Cunningham
Jun 2, 2012, 7:25 PM
28
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Altruistic Kidney Donation
jefftk
Jun 17, 2012, 8:02 PM
28
points
43
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Minimum Viable Workout Routine is Dangerously Misinformative
betterthanwell
Jun 24, 2012, 1:02 PM
27
points
32
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Local Ordinances of Fun
Alicorn
Jun 18, 2012, 3:07 AM
27
points
156
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong used to like Bitcoin before it was cool. Time for a revisit?
betterthanwell
Jun 20, 2012, 1:40 PM
26
points
72
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Computation Hazards
Alex_Altair
Jun 13, 2012, 9:49 PM
26
points
58
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Building the AI Risk Research Community
lukeprog
Jun 1, 2012, 2:13 AM
26
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Consider a robot vacuum.
BrandonReinhart
Jun 5, 2012, 8:08 AM
25
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Proposal: Show up and down votes separately
witzvo
Jun 9, 2012, 11:29 PM
24
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How to Purchase AI Risk Reduction
lukeprog
Jun 1, 2012, 3:13 AM
22
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Call for volunteers: Publishing the Sequences
wedrifid
28 Jun 2012 15:08 UTC
22
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Cryonics News] Australian cryonics startup: Stasis Systems Australia update
Maelin
15 Jun 2012 5:08 UTC
21
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Combining causality with algorithmic information theory
[deleted]
9 Jun 2012 1:31 UTC
21
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Raising safety-consciousness among AGI researchers
lukeprog
2 Jun 2012 21:39 UTC
21
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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