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…And I Show You How Deep The Rab­bit Hole Goes

Scott AlexanderJun 3, 2015, 1:47 AM
251 points
15 comments21 min readLW link

The Brain as a Univer­sal Learn­ing Machine

jacob_cannellJun 24, 2015, 9:45 PM
201 points
171 comments19 min readLW link

Tak­ing the reins at MIRI

So8resJun 3, 2015, 11:52 PM
95 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Top 9+2 myths about AI risk

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 29, 2015, 8:41 PM
68 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

Against Tulip Subsidies

Scott AlexanderJun 6, 2015, 4:19 AM
60 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Pat­tern-botch­ing: when you for­get you understand

MalcolmOceanJun 15, 2015, 10:58 PM
45 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Si­mul­ta­neous Over­con­fi­dence and Underconfidence

abramdemskiJun 3, 2015, 9:04 PM
37 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

In praise of gullibil­ity?

ahbwramcJun 18, 2015, 4:52 AM
36 points
106 comments5 min readLW link

Op­ti­miz­ing the Twelve Virtues of Rationality

Gleb_TsipurskyJun 9, 2015, 3:08 AM
36 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Autism, or early iso­la­tion?

JonahSJun 17, 2015, 8:52 AM
34 points
62 comments2 min readLW link

Are con­se­quen­tial­ism and de­on­tol­ogy not even wrong?

Kaj_SotalaJun 2, 2015, 7:49 AM
34 points
58 comments5 min readLW link

A Pro­posal for Defeat­ing Moloch in the Pri­son In­dus­trial Complex

lululuJun 2, 2015, 10:03 PM
33 points
77 comments4 min readLW link

Sur­pris­ing ex­am­ples of non-hu­man optimization

Jan_RzymkowskiJun 14, 2015, 5:05 PM
31 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Con­cep­tual Spe­cial­iza­tion of La­bor En­ables Precision

VaniverJun 8, 2015, 2:11 AM
30 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

In­trin­sic mo­ti­va­tion is cru­cial for over­com­ing akrasia

JonahSJun 17, 2015, 10:39 PM
29 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

Two-box­ing, smok­ing and chew­ing gum in Med­i­cal New­comb problems

Caspar OesterheldJun 29, 2015, 10:35 AM
29 points
93 comments1 min readLW link

Euro­pean Com­mu­nity Week­end 2015 Im­pres­sions Thread

Gunnar_ZarnckeJun 14, 2015, 8:21 PM
29 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Short Story: Quarantine

DiasJun 10, 2015, 1:21 AM
28 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] Nate Soares is an­swer­ing ques­tions about MIRI at the EA Forum

Rob BensingerJun 11, 2015, 12:27 AM
28 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

Rest in motion

So8resJun 28, 2015, 3:00 AM
27 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

When does her­i­ta­ble low fit­ness need to be ex­plained?

DanArmakJun 10, 2015, 12:05 AM
27 points
147 comments2 min readLW link

FAI Re­search Con­straints and AGI Side Effects

JustinShovelainJun 3, 2015, 7:25 PM
27 points
59 comments7 min readLW link

Two Zendo-in­spired games

StephenBarnesJun 22, 2015, 3:47 PM
26 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­com­plish­ing things takes a long time

JonahSJun 15, 2015, 9:59 PM
25 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Beyond Statis­tics 101

JonahSJun 26, 2015, 10:24 AM
25 points
129 comments2 min readLW link

Your “shoulds” are not a duty

So8resJun 7, 2015, 3:00 AM
25 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Con­fes­sion Thread: Mis­takes as an as­piring rationalist

diegocaleiroJun 2, 2015, 6:10 PM
25 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Philo­soph­i­cal differences

ahbwramcJun 13, 2015, 1:16 AM
25 points
29 comments12 min readLW link

Epistemic Trust: Clarification

abramdemskiJun 13, 2015, 7:29 PM
24 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Alien neu­rop­unk slaver civilizations

D_MalikJun 15, 2015, 6:30 AM
24 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Seek­ing geeks in­ter­ested in bioinformatics

bokovJun 22, 2015, 1:44 PM
24 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The Joy of Bias

estimatorJun 9, 2015, 7:04 PM
23 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Per­cep­tual En­tropy and Frozen Estimates

DavidmanheimJun 3, 2015, 7:27 PM
23 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

Work­ing your­self ragged is not a virtue

So8resJun 21, 2015, 3:00 AM
23 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

[link] Choose your (prefer­ence) util­i­tar­i­anism care­fully – part 1

Kaj_SotalaJun 25, 2015, 12:06 PM
21 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Less­wrong, Effec­tive Altru­ism Fo­rum and Slate Star Codex: Harm Reduction

diegocaleiroJun 8, 2015, 4:37 PM
21 points
153 comments2 min readLW link

[link] Baidu cheats in an AI con­test in or­der to gain a 0.24% advantage

Wei DaiJun 6, 2015, 6:39 AM
20 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Par­ent­ing Tech­nique: In­crease Your Child’s Work­ing Memory

James_MillerJun 29, 2015, 7:51 PM
20 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Agency is bugs and uncertainty

ShmiJun 6, 2015, 4:53 AM
20 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

A sur­vey of the top posters on lesswrong

EloJun 11, 2015, 1:47 AM
20 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

As­so­ci­ated vs Relevant

abramdemskiJun 15, 2015, 1:12 AM
19 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[link] Es­say on AI Safety

jsteinhardtJun 26, 2015, 7:42 AM
19 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Roadmap: Plan of Ac­tion to Prevent Hu­man Ex­tinc­tion Risks

turchinJun 1, 2015, 9:58 AM
18 points
88 comments1 min readLW link

The pres­i­dent didn’t die: failures at ex­tend­ing AI behaviour

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 10, 2015, 4:00 PM
17 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] Word-vec­tor based DL sys­tem achieves hu­man par­ity in ver­bal IQ tests

jacob_cannellJun 13, 2015, 11:38 PM
17 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How much do we know about cre­ativity?

NancyLebovitzJun 9, 2015, 12:43 PM
16 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Mea­sur­ing open-mindedness

cleonidJun 2, 2015, 1:35 PM
15 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

So­cial class amongst the in­tel­lec­tu­ally gifted

JonahSJun 2, 2015, 11:02 PM
15 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

A map: Ty­pol­ogy of hu­man ex­tinc­tion risks

turchinJun 23, 2015, 5:23 PM
15 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part C: Notic­ing Confusion

Gram_StoneJun 18, 2015, 1:01 AM
15 points
3 comments3 min readLW link