Bring up Genius

ViliamJun 8, 2017, 5:44 PM
104 points
62 comments20 min readLW link

Bet or up­date: fix­ing the will-to-wa­ger assumption

cousin_itJun 7, 2017, 3:03 PM
62 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Bi-Weekly Ra­tional Feed

sapphireJun 24, 2017, 12:07 AM
35 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Con­crete Ways You Can Help Make the Com­mu­nity Better

sapphireJun 17, 2017, 3:03 AM
33 points
37 comments5 min readLW link

S-risks: Why they are the worst ex­is­ten­tial risks, and how to pre­vent them

Kaj_SotalaJun 20, 2017, 12:34 PM
31 points
106 comments1 min readLW link
(foundational-research.org)

We are the Athe­ni­ans, not the Spartans

wubblesJun 11, 2017, 5:53 AM
29 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

Why I am not cur­rently work­ing on the AAMLS agenda

jessicataJun 1, 2017, 5:57 PM
28 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Mode Col­lapse and the Norm One Principle

tristanmJun 5, 2017, 9:30 PM
28 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

Thought ex­per­i­ment: coarse-grained VR utopia

cousin_itJun 14, 2017, 8:03 AM
27 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Why Are Trans­gen­der Peo­ple Im­mune To Op­ti­cal Illu­sions?

Scott AlexanderJun 28, 2017, 7:00 PM
24 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing AASAA—Ac­cel­er­at­ing AI Safety Adop­tion in Academia (and el­se­where)

nullJun 15, 2017, 6:55 PM
23 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

A new, bet­ter way to read the Sequences

Said AchmizJun 4, 2017, 5:10 AM
20 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The Ra­tion­al­ist­sphere and the Less Wrong wiki

Deku-shrubJun 12, 2017, 11:29 PM
19 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Wel­come to Less­wrong 2.0

habrykaJun 18, 2017, 5:23 PM
19 points
27 comments7 min readLW link

Self-mod­ifi­ca­tion as a game the­ory problem

cousin_itJun 26, 2017, 8:47 PM
18 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing from Hu­man Prefer­ences—from OpenAI (in­clud­ing Chris­ti­ano, Amodei & Legg)

Dr_ManhattanJun 13, 2017, 3:52 PM
17 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.openai.com)

One-Mag­is­terium Bayes

tristanmJun 29, 2017, 11:02 PM
17 points
108 comments14 min readLW link

Pair De­bug to Un­der­stand, not Fix

VaniverJun 21, 2017, 11:25 PM
17 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity 1: Start­ing Advice

lifelonglearnerJun 18, 2017, 6:43 PM
17 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Bi-Weekly Ra­tional Feed

sapphireJun 10, 2017, 9:56 PM
17 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

LessWrong 2.0 Fea­ture Roadmap & Fea­ture Suggestions

habrykaJun 17, 2017, 10:18 PM
16 points
115 comments1 min readLW link

Book recom­men­da­tion requests

ChristianKlJun 1, 2017, 10:33 PM
16 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Idea for LessWrong: Video Tutoring

Adam ZernerJun 23, 2017, 9:40 PM
16 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

SSC Jour­nal Club: AI Timelines

Scott AlexanderJun 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
15 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

Why I think worse than death out­comes are not a good rea­son for most peo­ple to avoid cryonics

SynapticJun 11, 2017, 3:55 PM
15 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Pu­tanu­monit: What statis­ti­cal power means, and why I’m ter­rified about psychology

Jacob FalkovichJun 21, 2017, 6:29 PM
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Ra­tion­al­ist Seder: A Story of War

RaemonJun 3, 2017, 8:17 PM
12 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Co­op­er­a­tive Or­a­cles: Introduction

Scott GarrabrantJun 3, 2017, 12:36 AM
12 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

What use­less things did you un­der­stand re­cently?

cousin_itJun 28, 2017, 7:32 PM
11 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tu­ally un­in­fluence­able agents

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 2, 2017, 4:17 PM
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

New cir­cum­stances, new val­ues?

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 6, 2017, 8:20 AM
11 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Three Re­sponses to In­cor­rect Folk Ontologies

J Thomas MorosJun 21, 2017, 2:26 PM
11 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(ferocioustruth.com)

Be­com­ing a Bet­ter Community

SableJun 6, 2017, 7:11 AM
11 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Acausal trade: dou­ble decrease

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 2, 2017, 3:33 PM
10 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Futarchy, Xrisks, and near misses

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 2, 2017, 8:02 AM
10 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Distinc­tions of the Moment

abramdemskiJun 20, 2017, 2:38 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Angst, En­nui, and Guilt in Effec­tive Altruism

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 19, 2017, 8:38 PM
10 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Just Say­ing What You Mean is Impossible

ZviJun 28, 2017, 12:12 AM
10 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

On Dragon Army

ZviJun 24, 2017, 10:44 AM
10 points
0 comments54 min readLW link

Self-con­scious ideology

casebashJun 28, 2017, 5:32 AM
9 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Diver­gent prefer­ences and meta-preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 2, 2017, 3:51 PM
9 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Loe­bian co­op­er­a­tion in the tiling agents problem

cousin_itJun 26, 2017, 2:52 PM
8 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Closed Beta Users: What would make you in­ter­ested in us­ing LessWrong 2.0?

HabrykaJun 19, 2017, 6:28 AM
8 points
14 commentsLW link

Hu­mans are not agents: short vs long term

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 9, 2017, 11:16 AM
8 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

The Per­sonal Growth Cycle

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 4, 2017, 5:20 PM
8 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Cog­ni­tive Science/​Psy­chol­ogy As a Ne­glected Ap­proach to AI Safety

Kaj_SotalaJun 5, 2017, 1:55 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

The Use and Abuse of Witch­doc­tors for Life

lifelonglearnerJun 24, 2017, 8:59 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(samzdat.com)

Ra­tion­al­ist Seder: Dayenu, Lo Dayenu

RaemonJun 4, 2017, 8:55 PM
7 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: The De­mon Un­der the Micro­scope (Thomas Hager)

ElizabethJun 21, 2017, 4:00 PM
6 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Re­search As­sis­tant po­si­tions at the Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute and Cen­tre for Effec­tive Altruism

crmflynnJun 8, 2017, 5:20 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link