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Bring up Genius
Viliam
Jun 8, 2017, 5:44 PM
104
points
62
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Bet or update: fixing the will-to-wager assumption
cousin_it
Jun 7, 2017, 3:03 PM
62
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
Jun 24, 2017, 12:07 AM
35
points
3
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Concrete Ways You Can Help Make the Community Better
sapphire
Jun 17, 2017, 3:03 AM
33
points
37
comments
5
min read
LW
link
S-risks: Why they are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 20, 2017, 12:34 PM
31
points
106
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(foundational-research.org)
We are the Athenians, not the Spartans
wubbles
Jun 11, 2017, 5:53 AM
29
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why I am not currently working on the AAMLS agenda
jessicata
Jun 1, 2017, 5:57 PM
28
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Mode Collapse and the Norm One Principle
tristanm
Jun 5, 2017, 9:30 PM
28
points
13
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Thought experiment: coarse-grained VR utopia
cousin_it
Jun 14, 2017, 8:03 AM
27
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Are Transgender People Immune To Optical Illusions?
Scott Alexander
Jun 28, 2017, 7:00 PM
24
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)
null
Jun 15, 2017, 6:55 PM
23
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A new, better way to read the Sequences
Said Achmiz
Jun 4, 2017, 5:10 AM
20
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Rationalistsphere and the Less Wrong wiki
Deku-shrub
Jun 12, 2017, 11:29 PM
19
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Welcome to Lesswrong 2.0
habryka
Jun 18, 2017, 5:23 PM
19
points
27
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Self-modification as a game theory problem
cousin_it
Jun 26, 2017, 8:47 PM
18
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning from Human Preferences—from OpenAI (including Christiano, Amodei & Legg)
Dr_Manhattan
Jun 13, 2017, 3:52 PM
17
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(blog.openai.com)
One-Magisterium Bayes
tristanm
Jun 29, 2017, 11:02 PM
17
points
108
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Pair Debug to Understand, not Fix
Vaniver
Jun 21, 2017, 11:25 PM
17
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 1: Starting Advice
lifelonglearner
Jun 18, 2017, 6:43 PM
17
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
Jun 10, 2017, 9:56 PM
17
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
LessWrong 2.0 Feature Roadmap & Feature Suggestions
habryka
Jun 17, 2017, 10:18 PM
16
points
115
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book recommendation requests
ChristianKl
Jun 1, 2017, 10:33 PM
16
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Idea for LessWrong: Video Tutoring
Adam Zerner
Jun 23, 2017, 9:40 PM
16
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SSC Journal Club: AI Timelines
Scott Alexander
Jun 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
15
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Why I think worse than death outcomes are not a good reason for most people to avoid cryonics
Synaptic
Jun 11, 2017, 3:55 PM
15
points
29
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Putanumonit: What statistical power means, and why I’m terrified about psychology
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 21, 2017, 6:29 PM
14
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Rationalist Seder: A Story of War
Raemon
Jun 3, 2017, 8:17 PM
12
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cooperative Oracles: Introduction
Scott Garrabrant
Jun 3, 2017, 12:36 AM
12
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What useless things did you understand recently?
cousin_it
Jun 28, 2017, 7:32 PM
11
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Counterfactually uninfluenceable agents
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 2, 2017, 4:17 PM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New circumstances, new values?
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 6, 2017, 8:20 AM
11
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three Responses to Incorrect Folk Ontologies
J Thomas Moros
Jun 21, 2017, 2:26 PM
11
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ferocioustruth.com)
Becoming a Better Community
Sable
Jun 6, 2017, 7:11 AM
11
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Acausal trade: double decrease
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 2, 2017, 3:33 PM
10
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Futarchy, Xrisks, and near misses
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 2, 2017, 8:02 AM
10
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Distinctions of the Moment
abramdemski
Jun 20, 2017, 2:38 PM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Angst, Ennui, and Guilt in Effective Altruism
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 19, 2017, 8:38 PM
10
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Just Saying What You Mean is Impossible
Zvi
Jun 28, 2017, 12:12 AM
10
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
On Dragon Army
Zvi
Jun 24, 2017, 10:44 AM
10
points
0
comments
54
min read
LW
link
Self-conscious ideology
casebash
Jun 28, 2017, 5:32 AM
9
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Divergent preferences and meta-preferences
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 2, 2017, 3:51 PM
9
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Loebian cooperation in the tiling agents problem
cousin_it
Jun 26, 2017, 2:52 PM
8
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Closed Beta Users: What would make you interested in using LessWrong 2.0?
Habryka
Jun 19, 2017, 6:28 AM
8
points
14
comments
LW
link
Humans are not agents: short vs long term
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 9, 2017, 11:16 AM
8
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Personal Growth Cycle
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 4, 2017, 5:20 PM
8
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Cognitive Science/Psychology As a Neglected Approach to AI Safety
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 5, 2017, 1:55 PM
8
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(effective-altruism.com)
The Use and Abuse of Witchdoctors for Life
lifelonglearner
Jun 24, 2017, 8:59 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(samzdat.com)
Rationalist Seder: Dayenu, Lo Dayenu
Raemon
Jun 4, 2017, 8:55 PM
7
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Spot Check: The Demon Under the Microscope (Thomas Hager)
Elizabeth
Jun 21, 2017, 4:00 PM
6
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Research Assistant positions at the Future of Humanity Institute and Centre for Effective Altruism
crmflynn
Jun 8, 2017, 5:20 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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