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There’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 13, 2017, 9:38 PM
150
points
72
comments
25
min read
LW
link
Inadequacy and Modesty
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 28, 2017, 9:51 PM
132
points
80
comments
18
min read
LW
link
“Focusing,” for skeptics.
Conor Moreton
Oct 14, 2017, 7:00 AM
105
points
27
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
AlphaGo Zero and the Foom Debate
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 21, 2017, 2:18 AM
98
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Writing That Provokes Comments
Raemon
Oct 4, 2017, 2:48 AM
96
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Different Worlds
Scott Alexander
Oct 3, 2017, 4:10 AM
73
points
16
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Yudkowsky on AGI ethics
Rob Bensinger
Oct 19, 2017, 11:13 PM
69
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Seek Fair Expectations of Others’ Models
Zvi
Oct 17, 2017, 2:30 PM
60
points
17
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Frequently Asked Questions for Central Banks Undershooting Their Inflation Target
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 29, 2017, 11:36 PM
56
points
30
comments
35
min read
LW
link
Leaders of Men
Zvi
Oct 29, 2017, 6:10 PM
51
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Robustness as a Path to AI Alignment
abramdemski
Oct 10, 2017, 8:14 AM
45
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Typical Sex Life Fallacy
ozymandias
Oct 7, 2017, 9:48 PM
44
points
30
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Bring Back the Sabbath
Zvi
Oct 7, 2017, 12:10 PM
43
points
16
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Slack for your belief system
Unreal
Oct 26, 2017, 8:19 AM
40
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Asshole Filter
DragonGod
Oct 7, 2017, 4:51 PM
40
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(siderea.livejournal.com)
HOWTO: Screw Up The LessWrong Survey and Bring Great Shame To Your Family
namespace
Oct 8, 2017, 3:43 AM
39
points
18
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Identities are [Subconscious] Strategies
Ruby
Oct 15, 2017, 6:10 PM
39
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Tensions in Truthseeking
Raemon
Oct 2, 2017, 12:54 AM
38
points
42
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Defense against discourse
Benquo
Oct 17, 2017, 9:10 AM
38
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Logical Updatelessness as a Robust Delegation Problem
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 27, 2017, 9:16 PM
38
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Distinctions in Types of Thought
sarahconstantin
Oct 10, 2017, 3:36 AM
37
points
24
comments
13
min read
LW
link
What Evidence Is AlphaGo Zero Re AGI Complexity?
RobinHanson
Oct 22, 2017, 2:28 AM
37
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You can never be universally inclusive
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 14, 2017, 11:30 AM
36
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Placing Yourself as an Instance of a Class
abramdemski
Oct 3, 2017, 7:10 PM
36
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why no total winner?
Paul Crowley
Oct 15, 2017, 10:01 PM
36
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Contra double crux
Thrasymachus
Oct 8, 2017, 4:29 PM
35
points
67
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Community Capital
weft
Oct 9, 2017, 3:49 AM
35
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In defence of epistemic modesty
Thrasymachus
Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 PM
31
points
20
comments
36
min read
LW
link
Winning is for Losers
Jacob Falkovich
Oct 11, 2017, 4:01 AM
31
points
12
comments
18
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Catalonia and the Overton Window
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 2, 2017, 8:23 PM
30
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Unofficial ESPR Post-mortem
lifelonglearner
Oct 25, 2017, 2:05 AM
29
points
9
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Sabbath Commentary
Zvi
Oct 7, 2017, 12:10 PM
28
points
9
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Problematic Third Person Perspective
abramdemski
Oct 5, 2017, 8:44 PM
28
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What would convince you you’d won the lottery?
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 10, 2017, 1:45 PM
28
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Multidimensional signaling
KatjaGrace
Oct 16, 2017, 7:00 AM
24
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
Against naming things, and so on
whales
Oct 15, 2017, 11:48 PM
24
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Toy model of the AI control problem: animated version
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 10, 2017, 11:06 AM
23
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On the construction of beacons
Benquo
Oct 16, 2017, 9:10 AM
21
points
9
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Avoiding Selection Bias
the gears to ascension
Oct 4, 2017, 7:10 PM
20
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Four Scopes Of Advice
namespace
Oct 23, 2017, 9:01 AM
20
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Double Crux Example: Should HPMOR be on the Front Page?
Raemon
Oct 9, 2017, 3:50 AM
19
points
12
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Gnostic Rationality
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 11, 2017, 9:44 PM
19
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Guided Mental Change Requires High Trust
namespace
Oct 27, 2017, 7:15 PM
18
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 4.2: Creating Habits
lifelonglearner
Oct 12, 2017, 2:25 AM
18
points
0
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Feedback on LW 2.0
Viliam
Oct 1, 2017, 3:18 PM
17
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality: Postmortem
lifelonglearner
Oct 21, 2017, 6:23 AM
17
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Just World Hypothesis
michael_vassar2
Oct 9, 2017, 6:03 AM
17
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 2: Planning 101
lifelonglearner
Oct 6, 2017, 2:23 PM
17
points
4
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Brief comment on featured
Ben Pace
Oct 29, 2017, 5:12 PM
17
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Zero-Knowledge Cooperation
bryjnar
Oct 25, 2017, 5:35 AM
16
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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