Art

TagLast edit: Feb 8, 2025, 12:32 AM by lesswrong-internal

Art is material created for aesthetic appreciation, including visual art, comics, and music. This tag includes both posts sharing works of art and posts discussing art conceptually.

Some types of art have their own tag category: Poetry, Fiction, Fiction(topic), Games

Related Sequences: Drawing Less Wrong

Playing with DALL·E 2

Dave OrrApr 7, 2022, 6:49 PM

166 points

118 comments6 min readLW link

A Taijitu symbol for Moloch and Slack

B JacobsMay 25, 2020, 8:03 PM

91 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Demystifying “Alignment” through a Comic

milanroskoJun 9, 2024, 8:24 AM

106 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Experimentation with AI-generated images (VQGAN+CLIP) | Solarpunk airships fleeing a dragon

Kaj_SotalaJul 15, 2021, 11:00 AM

44 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Politics and Awful Art

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 20, 2007, 3:46 AM

37 points

49 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] “Science Cathedrals”

Alex VermillionJun 24, 2022, 3:30 AM

22 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Why Artists Study Anatomy

Sisi ChengMay 18, 2020, 6:44 PM

98 points

10 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] What are some beautiful, rationalist artworks?

Bird ConceptOct 17, 2020, 6:32 AM

155 points

140 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

A parable of brightspots and blindspots

RemmeltMar 21, 2021, 6:18 PM

4 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Updated Hierarchy of Disagreement

B JacobsMay 28, 2020, 3:57 PM

14 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

It’s OK to be biased towards humans

dr_sNov 11, 2023, 11:59 AM

55 points

69 comments6 min readLW link

Big Yellow Tractor (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 18, 2020, 6:43 PM

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Finland Museum Tour 1/??: Tampere Art Museum

Kaj_SotalaAug 3, 2018, 3:00 PM

19 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Are we running out of new music/movies/art from a metaphysical perspective? (updated)

stephen_sAug 19, 2023, 4:24 PM

4 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations

Kaj_SotalaNov 20, 2018, 9:10 PM

169 points

40 comments4 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

The Affect Heuristic, Sentiment, and Art

[deleted]Sep 13, 2010, 11:05 PM

86 points

58 comments3 min readLW link

Neural nets as a model for how humans make and understand visual art

Owain_EvansNov 9, 2019, 4:53 PM

28 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(owainevans.github.io)

Celtic Knots on Einstein Lattice

BenFeb 16, 2025, 3:56 PM

47 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Ideas for benchmarking LLM creativity

gwernDec 16, 2024, 5:18 AM

60 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(gwern.net)

Looking for AI Art Collaborators!

beatrice@foresight.orgOct 10, 2023, 6:24 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

12 Virtues of Rationality posters/icons

habrykaJul 22, 2018, 5:19 AM

59 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Criticism as Entertainment

ElizabethJan 9, 2020, 10:20 PM

53 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Why I love stand up comedy

Adam ZernerDec 16, 2020, 9:34 AM

20 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Insights from Euclid’s ‘Elements’

TurnTroutMay 4, 2020, 3:45 PM

126 points

17 comments4 min readLW link

An Introduction To The Mandelbrot Set That Doesn’t Mention Complex Numbers

YitzJan 17, 2024, 9:48 AM

82 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

Open Christmas card to my mother

KatjaGraceDec 24, 2020, 7:00 AM

36 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Please Understand

samhealyApr 1, 2024, 12:33 PM

28 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

Higher and lower pleasures

Chris_LeongDec 5, 2024, 1:13 PM

19 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to Draw Better

LironNov 18, 2019, 3:06 AM

40 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

What are some beautiful, rationalist sounds?

DirectedEvolutionAug 6, 2021, 1:22 AM

31 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

We Don’t Really Want Your Participation

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2007, 7:53 PM

64 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Dharani, Great Dharani for Conserving Evidence

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 20, 2021, 4:32 PM

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the good rationality films?

Ben PaceNov 20, 2024, 6:04 AM

82 points

54 comments1 min readLW link

Please stop using mediocre AI art in your posts

RaemonAug 25, 2024, 12:13 AM

115 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

My Apartment Art Commission Process

jennAug 26, 2024, 6:36 PM

34 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(jenn.site)

AI art isn’t “about to shake things up”. It’s already here.

Davis_KingsleyAug 22, 2022, 11:17 AM

65 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

Short story speculating on possible ramifications of AI on the art world

YitzSep 1, 2022, 9:15 PM

30 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(archiveofourown.org)

Prioritizing the Arts in response to AI automation

CaseySep 25, 2022, 2:25 AM

18 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Playing with Aerial Photos

jefftkDec 1, 2022, 10:50 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Machine Learning Consent

jefftkDec 8, 2022, 3:50 AM

38 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

MacArthur BART (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 2, 2023, 10:50 PM

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Drawing Less Wrong: Technical Skill

RaemonDec 5, 2011, 5:12 AM

37 points

36 comments9 min readLW link

Drawing Less Wrong: Should You Learn to Draw?

RaemonNov 14, 2011, 7:31 AM

34 points

56 comments9 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on AI Art

abramdemskiJan 25, 2023, 2:18 PM

74 points

20 comments7 min readLW link

Exquisite Oracle: A Dadaist-Inspired Literary Game for Many Friends (or 1 AI)

YitzJan 26, 2023, 6:26 PM

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Drawing Less Wrong: Overview of Skills, and Relevance to Rationality

RaemonNov 19, 2011, 5:05 AM

17 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

Soviet comedy film recommendations

Nina PanicksseryJun 9, 2024, 11:40 PM

42 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Celtic Knots on a hex lattice

BenFeb 14, 2025, 2:29 PM

27 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

False Laughter

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 22, 2007, 6:03 AM

43 points

65 comments3 min readLW link

Is Humanism A Religion-Substitute?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 26, 2008, 4:18 AM

62 points

54 comments3 min readLW link

Bayesiance (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 18, 2020, 4:30 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Parfit’s Escape (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMar 29, 2019, 2:31 AM

39 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Re: Taste

lsusrFeb 1, 2025, 3:34 AM

33 points

8 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Which LessWrongers are (aspiring) YouTubers?

Mati_RoyOct 23, 2023, 1:21 PM

22 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

The Goddess of Everything Else—The Animation

WriterJul 13, 2023, 4:26 PM

142 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Pierre Menard, pixel art, and entropy

Joey MarcellinoJan 9, 2023, 4:34 PM

1 point

1 comment6 min readLW link

Elephant seal

KatjaGraceDec 21, 2020, 12:00 PM

54 points

18 comments1 min readLW link 2 reviews

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Digital Molecular Assemblers: What synthetic media/generative AI actually represents, and where I think it’s going

Yuli_BanFeb 28, 2023, 2:03 PM

26 points

4 comments15 min readLW link

Wonder and The Golden AI Rule

JeffreyKJul 3, 2022, 6:21 PM

0 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Picasso in the Gallery of Babel

samhealyDec 26, 2023, 4:25 PM

12 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

Something Is Lost When AI Makes Art

utilistrutilAug 18, 2024, 10:53 PM

17 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

[Question] Who does the artwork for LessWrong?

ektimoMay 26, 2024, 5:55 AM

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Hatching the Cosmic Egg (Hymn to Dionysus)

rogersbaconJan 17, 2024, 6:34 PM

7 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(www.secretorum.life)

LLM Psychometrics: A Speculative Approach to AI Safety

psklJan 29, 2024, 6:38 PM

3 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(pascal.cc)

Suing OpenAI Won’t Save the Arts

E.G. Blee-GoldmanApr 4, 2025, 1:42 PM

2 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

My Mental Model of AI Creativity – Creativity Kiki

Adam NewgasDec 9, 2024, 10:24 PM

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.boristhebrave.com)

Conflict in Posthuman Literature

Martín SotoApr 6, 2024, 10:26 PM

40 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

AI Generated Music as a Method of Installing Essential Rationalist Skills

keltanApr 24, 2024, 7:48 AM

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’ll Keep My Crummy Drawings—How Generative AI Art Won’t Supplant… Art.

James Stephen BrownMay 15, 2024, 7:30 PM

18 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Conceptual Typography “spells it out”

milanroskoJun 14, 2024, 12:39 AM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Editing at the Take Level

jefftkSep 24, 2024, 11:30 AM

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Exploring Values in the Future of AI and Humanity: A Path Forward

Lucian&SageOct 19, 2024, 11:37 PM

1 point

0 comments5 min readLW link

An artistic illustration of Scalable Oversight—“A world apart, neither gods nor mortals”

Marius Adrian NicoarăApr 16, 2025, 12:41 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Decorated pedestrian tunnels

dkl9Nov 24, 2024, 10:16 PM

0 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

(art) Optimism

KvmanThinkingNov 29, 2024, 4:21 PM

−7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Fiction] [Comic] Effective Altruism and Rationality meet at a Secular Solstice afterparty

tandemJan 7, 2025, 7:11 PM

137 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Should Art Carry the Weight of Shaping our Values?

Krishna Maneesha DendukuriJan 28, 2025, 6:43 PM

2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

An Untrollable Mathematician Illustrated

abramdemskiMar 20, 2018, 12:00 AM

165 points

38 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

The Cartoon Guide to Löb’s Theorem

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 17, 2008, 8:35 PM

45 points

105 comments1 min readLW link

Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ

jan SijanApr 13, 2023, 3:37 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Savanna Poets

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 18, 2008, 6:42 PM

69 points

40 comments5 min readLW link

Solstice Album Crowdfunding

RaemonDec 18, 2018, 8:51 PM

39 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Drawing Less Wrong: An Introduction

RaemonNov 13, 2011, 10:39 PM

45 points

38 comments3 min readLW link

12020: a fine future for these holidays

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 25, 2019, 3:01 PM

41 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

A sketch of ‘Simulacra Levels and their Interactions’

Yoav RavidAug 4, 2020, 9:13 AM

44 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

A&I (Rihanna ‘S&M’ parody lyrics)

nahojMay 21, 2023, 10:34 PM

−2 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Diagramming “Replacing Guilt,” Part 1

armaturesAug 5, 2020, 11:36 PM

34 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Drawing Less Wrong: Observing Reality

RaemonNov 21, 2011, 5:10 AM

52 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

Writing Piano Songs: A Journey

Logan RiggsAug 10, 2020, 9:50 PM

24 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Merry Newtonmas LW. Have some rationalist music.

SpurlockDec 25, 2011, 3:41 PM

33 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

case study: iterative drawing

brownOct 17, 2018, 4:35 AM

23 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

I wrote this because of watermelon

ArtiJun 8, 2023, 3:55 AM

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

№.6 For Those About To Dress...

party girlJun 20, 2023, 9:14 PM

5 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(affale.substack.com)

The Parable of the Dagger—The Animation

WriterJul 29, 2023, 2:03 PM

20 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Computational Thread Art

CallumMcDougallAug 6, 2023, 9:42 PM

76 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Rational Humanist Music

RaemonJun 13, 2011, 1:50 PM

37 points

56 comments3 min readLW link

I desire U, grpfrt, but I won’t eat U.

Jacob FalkovichApr 8, 2018, 7:19 PM

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Musical setting of the Litany of Tarski

komponistoMar 23, 2017, 11:18 AM

30 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Film about Stanislav Petrov

matheistSep 10, 2015, 6:43 PM

25 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Bayesian Cabaret

Scott AlexanderApr 27, 2009, 10:29 PM

26 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Bucket Brigade Singing

jefftkNov 3, 2020, 3:40 PM

41 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Science vs. art

PhilGoetzMar 16, 2009, 3:48 PM

7 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

Vocal Range

jefftkDec 1, 2019, 3:50 PM

17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Ask for Feelings not Tunes

jefftkSep 18, 2023, 2:10 AM

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

DIY Beaterless Drum Pedals

jefftkNov 29, 2020, 1:20 AM

14 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A Transhumanist Poem

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 5, 2011, 9:16 AM

22 points

50 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Looking for reading recommendations: Theories of right/justice that safeguard against having one’s job automated?

bulKlubOct 12, 2023, 7:40 PM

−1 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

The Best Visualizations on Every Subject

ryan_bDec 21, 2020, 10:51 PM

63 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Netflix’s “Start-Up” and sincere work dramatization

Maxwell PetersonDec 25, 2020, 5:32 AM

17 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

San Francisco outing

KatjaGraceJan 15, 2021, 11:40 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

How Can One Tell What Is Beautiful?

Erich_GrunewaldMay 15, 2021, 12:55 PM

5 points

3 comments15 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Hallelujah

Pablo RepettoApr 2, 2022, 11:34 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Synthetic Media and The Future of Film

ifalphaMay 24, 2022, 5:54 AM

35 points

14 comments8 min readLW link

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