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16 types of useful predictions
Julia_Galef
Apr 10, 2015, 3:31 AM
176
points
55
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Sapiens
Vaniver
Apr 8, 2015, 2:56 AM
70
points
12
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Even better cryonics – because who needs nanites anyway?
maxikov
Apr 7, 2015, 8:10 PM
69
points
41
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Universal Love, Said The Cactus Person
Scott Alexander
Apr 22, 2015, 2:42 AM
68
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
How to sign up for Alcor cryo
oge
Apr 26, 2015, 2:51 AM
51
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Concept Safety: Producing similar AI-human concept spaces
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 14, 2015, 8:39 PM
51
points
45
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Failing with abandon
So8res
Apr 12, 2015, 7:00 AM
47
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Thinking well
Vaniver
Apr 1, 2015, 10:03 PM
46
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cooperative conversational threading
philh
Apr 15, 2015, 6:40 PM
38
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program: July 7-26
AnnaSalamon
Apr 28, 2015, 7:04 PM
37
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Astronomy, space exploration and the Great Filter
JoshuaZ
Apr 19, 2015, 7:26 PM
37
points
68
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Blind artifacts
So8res
Apr 7, 2015, 11:23 PM
36
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Desire is the direction, rationality is the magnitude
So8res
Apr 5, 2015, 5:27 PM
35
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ephemeral correspondence
So8res
Apr 10, 2015, 3:46 AM
35
points
22
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Nick Bostrom’s TED talk on Superintelligence is now online
chaosmage
Apr 27, 2015, 3:15 PM
34
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The path of the rationalist
So8res
Apr 12, 2015, 1:44 AM
32
points
30
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A simple exercise in rationality: rephrase an objective statement as subjective and explore the caveats
Shmi
Apr 18, 2015, 11:46 PM
32
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Happiness and Goodness as Universal Terminal Virtues
[deleted]
Apr 21, 2015, 4:42 PM
30
points
71
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Concept Safety: What are concepts for, and how to deal with alien concepts
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 19, 2015, 1:44 PM
29
points
18
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Replacing guilt
So8res
Apr 19, 2015, 3:00 AM
29
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
How I changed my exercise habits
Normal_Anomaly
Apr 13, 2015, 10:19 PM
28
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Concept Safety: The problem of alien concepts
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 17, 2015, 2:09 PM
28
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A quick sketch on how the Curry-Howard Isomorphism kinda appears to connect Algorithmic Information Theory with ordinal logics
[deleted]
Apr 19, 2015, 7:35 PM
26
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mental representation and the is-ought distinction
Error
Apr 20, 2015, 6:37 PM
26
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Translating bad advice
Sophronius
Apr 14, 2015, 9:20 AM
24
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Study Hall—Year Two
Error
Apr 26, 2015, 5:59 PM
23
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
A pair of free information security tools I wrote
Nanashi
Apr 11, 2015, 11:03 PM
22
points
99
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hedonium’s semantic problem
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 9, 2015, 11:50 AM
22
points
61
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Even when contrarians win, they lose: Jeff Hawkins
endoself
Apr 8, 2015, 4:54 AM
22
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Resolving the Fermi Paradox: New Directions
jacob_cannell
Apr 18, 2015, 6:00 AM
22
points
59
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (MIRI Course List)
LawrenceC
Apr 14, 2015, 9:08 AM
21
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Effective Altruism Handbook
RyanCarey
Apr 24, 2015, 12:30 AM
21
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I’d like advice from LW regarding migraines
Algon
Apr 11, 2015, 5:52 PM
20
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rational discussion of politics
cleonid
Apr 25, 2015, 9:58 PM
20
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Truth is holistic
MrMind
Apr 23, 2015, 7:26 AM
19
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Futarchy and Unfriendly AI
jefftk
Apr 3, 2015, 9:45 PM
18
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Introduction and A: Predictably Wrong
Mark_Friedenbach
Apr 17, 2015, 1:40 AM
16
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
One week left for CSER researcher applications
RyanCarey
Apr 17, 2015, 12:40 AM
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Limited agents need approximate induction
Manfred
24 Apr 2015 7:42 UTC
16
points
10
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Lessons from each HPMOR chapter in one line [link]
Adam Zerner
9 Apr 2015 14:51 UTC
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning Optimization
Bound_up
28 Apr 2015 1:26 UTC
14
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Modal Bargaining Agents
orthonormal
16 Apr 2015 22:19 UTC
14
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What level of compassion do you consider normal, expected, mandatory etc. ?
[deleted]
10 Apr 2015 12:57 UTC
13
points
96
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective effective altruism: Get $400 off your next charity donation
Baisius
17 Apr 2015 5:45 UTC
12
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Language Learning and the Dark Arts.
Lemmih
6 Apr 2015 11:33 UTC
12
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Un-optimised vs anti-optimised
Stuart_Armstrong
14 Apr 2015 18:30 UTC
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Scott Adam’s “Rationality Engine”. Part III: Assisted Dying
Shmi
2 Apr 2015 16:55 UTC
12
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Interview with “Ex Machina” director Alex Garland
philh
2 Apr 2015 13:46 UTC
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread April 2015
Vaniver
1 Apr 2015 13:35 UTC
11
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
High impact from low impact
Stuart_Armstrong
17 Apr 2015 16:01 UTC
11
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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