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Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute
lukeprog
Jul 10, 2012, 11:20 PM
69
points
214
comments
26
min read
LW
link
“Epiphany addiction”
cousin_it
Aug 3, 2012, 5:52 PM
69
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Causal Reference
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 20, 2012, 10:12 PM
68
points
247
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The Human’s Hidden Utility Function (Maybe)
lukeprog
Jan 23, 2012, 7:39 PM
68
points
91
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hearsay, Double Hearsay, and Bayesian Updates
Mass_Driver
Feb 16, 2012, 10:31 PM
68
points
107
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Quantified Health Prize results announced
Zvi
Feb 19, 2012, 8:10 AM
68
points
65
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Common mistakes people make when thinking about decision theory
cousin_it
Mar 27, 2012, 8:03 PM
67
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why I Moved from AI to Neuroscience, or: Uploading Worms
davidad
Apr 13, 2012, 7:10 AM
67
points
58
comments
1
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
LessWrong could grow a lot, but we’re doing it wrong.
Epiphany
Aug 20, 2012, 5:21 AM
66
points
107
comments
3
min read
LW
link
My workflow
paulfchristiano
Dec 9, 2012, 9:16 PM
66
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
So you think you understand Quantum Mechanics
Shmi
Dec 22, 2012, 9:16 PM
65
points
64
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Using degrees of freedom to change the past for fun and profit
CarlShulman
Mar 7, 2012, 2:51 AM
65
points
23
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Yudkowsky Ambition Scale
loup-vaillant
Sep 12, 2012, 3:08 PM
64
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How can I reduce existential risk from AI?
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2012, 9:56 PM
63
points
92
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Beware Selective Nihilism
Wei Dai
Dec 20, 2012, 6:53 PM
63
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Imperfect Voting Systems
Scott Alexander
Jul 20, 2012, 12:07 AM
63
points
92
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Introduction to Prisoners’ Dilemma
Scott Alexander
Jun 30, 2012, 12:54 AM
63
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to brainstorm effectively
PECOS-9
May 19, 2012, 9:29 PM
63
points
27
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Blogs by LWers
[deleted]
Jun 22, 2012, 8:53 AM
63
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Problematic Problems for TDT
drnickbone
May 29, 2012, 3:41 PM
62
points
293
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Dark Arts: A Beginner’s Guide
faul_sname
Jan 21, 2012, 7:05 AM
62
points
43
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Diseased disciplines: the strange case of the inverted chart
Morendil
Feb 7, 2012, 9:45 AM
62
points
150
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Taking “correlation does not imply causation” back from the internet
sixes_and_sevens
Oct 3, 2012, 12:18 PM
62
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UFAI cannot be the Great Filter
Thrasymachus
Dec 22, 2012, 11:26 AM
62
points
93
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A model of UDT with a concrete prior over logical statements
Benya
Aug 28, 2012, 9:45 PM
62
points
24
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and Meta-Charity
wdmacaskill
Nov 15, 2012, 8:34 PM
62
points
184
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LessWrong downtime 2012-03-26, and site speed
matt
Apr 3, 2012, 4:15 AM
62
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Let’s create a market for cryonics
[deleted]
Apr 10, 2012, 6:36 AM
61
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Quick Bayes Table
farsan
Apr 18, 2012, 6:00 PM
61
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes on the Psychology of Power
gwern
Jul 27, 2012, 7:22 PM
61
points
49
comments
40
min read
LW
link
Mixed Reference: The Great Reductionist Project
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 5, 2012, 12:26 AM
61
points
360
comments
9
min read
LW
link
AI cooperation is already studied in academia as “program equilibrium”
cousin_it
Jul 30, 2012, 3:22 PM
60
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on moral intuitions
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 30, 2012, 6:01 AM
60
points
202
comments
6
min read
LW
link
AI risk-related improvements to the LW wiki
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 7, 2012, 9:24 AM
59
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Who Wants To Start An Important Startup?
ShannonFriedman
Aug 16, 2012, 8:02 PM
59
points
413
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What science needs
PhilGoetz
Dec 2, 2012, 10:31 PM
58
points
84
comments
7
min read
LW
link
“Politics is the mind-killer” is the mind-killer
thomblake
Jan 26, 2012, 3:55 PM
58
points
99
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SotW: Check Consequentialism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 29, 2012, 1:35 AM
58
points
309
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Aubrey de Grey has responded to his IAMA—Now with Transcript!
Username
Jun 30, 2012, 6:47 AM
58
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Topics from “Procedural Knowledge Gaps”
NancyLebovitz
Feb 11, 2012, 9:38 PM
58
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thinking and Deciding: a chapter by chapter review
Vaniver
May 9, 2012, 11:52 PM
57
points
16
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Is community-collaborative article production possible?
lukeprog
Mar 21, 2012, 8:10 PM
57
points
46
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Main section vs. discussion section
ShardPhoenix
Mar 6, 2012, 5:37 AM
57
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three kinds of moral uncertainty
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 30, 2012, 10:43 AM
57
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bargaining and Auctions
Scott Alexander
Jul 15, 2012, 5:01 PM
57
points
72
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Participation in the LW Community Associated with Less Bias
Unnamed
Dec 9, 2012, 12:15 PM
56
points
50
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Peter Singer and Tyler Cowen transcript
jefftk
Apr 6, 2012, 12:25 PM
56
points
34
comments
31
min read
LW
link
AI Risk and Opportunity: Humanity’s Efforts So Far
lukeprog
Mar 21, 2012, 2:49 AM
56
points
49
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Shit Rationalists Say?
Eneasz
Jan 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
55
points
119
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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