You have a set amount of “weird­ness points”. Spend them wisely.

Peter WildefordNov 27, 2014, 9:09 PM
124 points
98 comments3 min readLW link

First(?) Ra­tion­al­ist elected to state government

EneaszNov 7, 2014, 2:30 AM
108 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

The Cat­e­gories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories

Scott AlexanderNov 21, 2014, 2:34 PM
104 points
9 comments18 min readLW link

Eth­nic Ten­sion And Mean­ingless Arguments

Scott AlexanderNov 5, 2014, 3:38 AM
93 points
8 comments22 min readLW link

MIRI Re­search Guide

So8resNov 7, 2014, 7:11 PM
79 points
63 comments16 min readLW link

Bayes Academy: Devel­op­ment re­port 1

Kaj_SotalaNov 19, 2014, 10:35 PM
68 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

A List of Nuances

abramdemskiNov 10, 2014, 5:02 AM
67 points
24 comments10 min readLW link

Break­ing the vi­cious cycle

XiXiDuNov 23, 2014, 6:25 PM
66 points
131 comments2 min readLW link

Stu­art Rus­sell: AI value al­ign­ment prob­lem must be an “in­trin­sic part” of the field’s main­stream agenda

Rob BensingerNov 26, 2014, 11:02 AM
55 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

The Hos­tile Arguer

ErrorNov 27, 2014, 12:30 AM
50 points
78 comments5 min readLW link

TV’s “Ele­men­tary” Tack­les Friendly AI and X-Risk—“Bella” (Pos­si­ble Spoilers)

pjebyNov 22, 2014, 7:51 PM
48 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

My ex­pe­rience of the re­cent CFAR workshop

Kaj_SotalaNov 27, 2014, 4:17 PM
47 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Musk on AGI Timeframes

ArtaxerxesNov 17, 2014, 1:36 AM
46 points
72 comments1 min readLW link

Unem­ploy­ment explanations

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 7, 2014, 5:12 PM
44 points
113 comments7 min readLW link

My third-of-life crisis

polymathwannabeNov 10, 2014, 3:28 PM
39 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Sys­temic risk: a moral tale of ten in­surance companies

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 17, 2014, 4:43 PM
37 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

When should an Effec­tive Altru­ist be veg­e­tar­ian?

KatjaGraceNov 22, 2014, 5:04 AM
35 points
81 comments9 min readLW link

The Ar­gu­ment from Cri­sis and Pes­simism Bias

Stefan_SchubertNov 11, 2014, 8:25 PM
32 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity 101 For Beginners

Peter WildefordNov 5, 2014, 11:04 PM
30 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

When the un­cer­tainty about the model is higher than the un­cer­tainty in the model

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 28, 2014, 6:12 PM
30 points
78 comments3 min readLW link

xkcd on the AI box experiment

FiftyTwoNov 21, 2014, 8:26 AM
28 points
234 comments1 min readLW link

My new pa­per: Con­cept learn­ing for safe au­tonomous AI

Kaj_SotalaNov 15, 2014, 7:17 AM
26 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Others’ pre­dic­tions of your perfor­mance are usu­ally more accurate

NathaNov 13, 2014, 2:17 AM
26 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread: What are your im­por­tant in­sights or aha! mo­ments?

EmileNov 9, 2014, 10:56 PM
26 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­ploit­ing EDT

Benya_FallensteinNov 10, 2014, 7:59 PM
25 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

How can one change what they con­sider “fun”?

AmagicalFishyNov 21, 2014, 2:04 AM
24 points
45 comments3 min readLW link

The “best” math­e­mat­i­cally-in­formed top­ics?

CaplaNov 14, 2014, 3:39 AM
24 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

A Cost- Benefit Anal­y­sis of Im­mu­niz­ing Healthy Adults Against Influenza

FluttershyNov 11, 2014, 4:10 AM
24 points
82 comments6 min readLW link

Min­erva Pro­ject: the fu­ture of higher ed­u­ca­tion?

NathaNov 10, 2014, 5:59 AM
23 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Link: Rob Bens­inger on Less Wrong and vegetarianism

SysiceNov 13, 2014, 5:09 PM
23 points
77 comments1 min readLW link

The Danger of In­visi­ble Problems

[deleted]Nov 6, 2014, 10:28 PM
22 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

Ly­ing in ne­go­ti­a­tions: a max­i­mally bad problem

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 17, 2014, 3:17 PM
22 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Link: Si­mu­lat­ing C. Elegans

SniffnoyNov 20, 2014, 9:30 AM
22 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2014 Monthly Brag­ging Thread

elharoNov 1, 2014, 8:49 PM
20 points
87 comments1 min readLW link

AI caught by a mod­ule that coun­ter­fac­tu­ally doesn’t exist

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 17, 2014, 5:49 PM
19 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Re­quest for sug­ges­tions: age­ing and data-mining

bokovNov 24, 2014, 11:38 PM
19 points
48 comments2 min readLW link

Shop for Char­ity: how to earn proven char­i­ties 5% of your Ama­zon spend­ing in commission

togNov 24, 2014, 8:29 AM
18 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity through self-loyalty

So8resNov 2, 2014, 7:00 AM
17 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

I just in­creased my Altru­is­tic Effec­tive­ness and you should too

AABoylesNov 17, 2014, 3:45 PM
17 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A web­site stan­dard that is af­ford­able to the poor­est de­mo­graph­ics in de­vel­op­ing coun­tries?

RitalinNov 1, 2014, 1:43 PM
17 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 11: The treach­er­ous turn

KatjaGraceNov 25, 2014, 2:00 AM
16 points
50 comments6 min readLW link

The Truth and In­stru­men­tal Rationality

the-citizenNov 1, 2014, 11:05 AM
15 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

The Cen­tre for Effec­tive Altru­ism is hiring to fill five roles in re­search, op­er­a­tions and outreach

RobertWiblinNov 19, 2014, 10:41 PM
15 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Athe­ist’s Tithe

AlsadiusNov 13, 2014, 5:22 PM
15 points
69 comments3 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 8: Cog­ni­tive superpowers

KatjaGraceNov 4, 2014, 2:01 AM
14 points
96 comments6 min readLW link

Topolog­i­cal truth pred­i­cates: Towards a model of perfect Bayesian agents

Benya_FallensteinNov 15, 2014, 6:39 AM
14 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 9: The or­thog­o­nal­ity of in­tel­li­gence and goals

KatjaGraceNov 11, 2014, 2:00 AM
14 points
80 comments7 min readLW link

Belief Chains

ShannonFriedmanNov 15, 2014, 11:09 AM
13 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

In­ten­tion­ally Rais­ing the San­ity Waterline

Gleb_TsipurskyNov 13, 2014, 8:25 PM
13 points
89 comments5 min readLW link

What are the most com­mon and im­por­tant trade-offs that de­ci­sion mak­ers face?

Andy_McKenzieNov 3, 2014, 5:03 AM
13 points
30 comments2 min readLW link