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Eliezer Yud­kowsky Facts

steven0461Mar 22, 2009, 8:17 PM
241 points
324 comments1 min readLW link

How the Grinch Ought to Have Stolen Christmas

Quirinus_QuirrellDec 25, 2013, 8:00 PM
81 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Fuck­ing God­damn Ba­sics of Ra­tion­al­ist Discourse

LoganStrohlFeb 4, 2023, 1:47 AM
329 points
103 comments1 min readLW link3 reviews

A Philoso­pher Walks Into A Coffee Shop

Scott AlexanderJan 25, 2015, 8:42 PM
57 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Good News, Every­one!

jbashMar 25, 2023, 1:48 PM
132 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

GPT-175bee

Feb 8, 2023, 6:58 PM
122 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

(Hu­mor) AI Align­ment Crit­i­cal Failure Table

Kaj_SotalaAug 31, 2020, 7:51 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(sl4.org)

Re­jected Early Drafts of New­comb’s Problem

zahmahkiboSep 6, 2022, 7:04 PM
113 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Rea­sons to Have More Kids

SebastianG Apr 17, 2022, 8:05 PM
24 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

AI Safety via Luck

JozdienApr 1, 2023, 8:13 PM
81 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

5,000 calories of peanut but­ter ev­ery week for 3 years straight

Declan MolonyJan 31, 2025, 5:29 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[April Fools’] Defini­tive con­fir­ma­tion of shard theory

TurnTroutApr 1, 2023, 7:27 AM
169 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Shut­ting down AI is not enough. We need to de­stroy all tech­nol­ogy.

Matthew BarnettApr 1, 2023, 9:03 PM
151 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomhApr 27, 2021, 10:27 PM
57 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

April Fools: An­nounc­ing: Karma 2.0

habrykaApr 1, 2018, 10:33 AM
63 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Man­i­festo of the Silent Minority

lsusrNov 24, 2020, 5:30 AM
63 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

[Spon­sored] Job Hunt­ing in the Modern Economy

lsusrSep 1, 2021, 6:07 AM
35 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

April Fools: An­nounc­ing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!

Apr 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
94 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Every “Every Bay Area House Party” Bay Area House Party

Richard_NgoFeb 16, 2024, 6:53 PM
179 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Wrong an­swer bias

lemonhopeFeb 1, 2024, 8:05 PM
51 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Cen­ter for Ap­plied Pos­tra­tional­ity: An Update

Pee DoomApr 1, 2021, 8:13 AM
78 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Effec­tive Evil

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 12:26 AM
109 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Org an­nounce­ment: [AC]RC

Vivek HebbarApr 17, 2022, 5:24 PM
82 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Ob­jec­tive Dog Rat­ings: An In­tro­duc­tion & Explanation

CallmesalticidaeAug 29, 2020, 3:54 AM
20 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Ran­dom LW-par­o­dy­ing State­ment Generator

Armok_GoBSep 11, 2012, 7:57 PM
100 points
221 comments1 min readLW link

Ob­jec­tive Dog Rat­ings: The Shiba Inu

CallmesalticidaeSep 18, 2020, 12:12 AM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

To sig­nal effec­tively, use a non-hu­man, non-stop­pable enforcer

ClippyMay 22, 2010, 10:03 PM
39 points
167 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­dict­ing the fu­ture with the power of the In­ter­net (and piss­ing off Rob Miles)

WriterDec 15, 2023, 5:37 PM
23 points
9 comments4 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

Tran­shu­man­ist Fables

Scott AlexanderMay 28, 2013, 1:55 AM
128 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Pyra­mid Scheme

patrissimoJan 31, 2010, 6:56 PM
12 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

“On the Im­pos­si­bil­ity of Su­per­in­tel­li­gent Ru­bik’s Cube Solvers”, Claude 2024 [hu­mor]

gwernJun 23, 2024, 9:18 PM
22 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(gwern.net)

Planes are still decades away from dis­plac­ing most bird jobs

guzeyNov 25, 2022, 4:49 PM
166 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

…And I Show You How Deep The Rab­bit Hole Goes

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

Ra­tion­al­ity Jokes Thread

Gunnar_ZarnckeDec 18, 2014, 4:17 PM
20 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

I Have No Sense of Hu­mor and I Must Laugh

Lone PineMar 31, 2023, 7:40 PM
−3 points
1 comment22 min readLW link

The dumb­est kid in the world (joke)

CronoDASJun 6, 2021, 2:57 AM
21 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

An Open Let­ter To My­self On How To Not Get Any Work Done.

HarryOAug 23, 2021, 7:18 AM
43 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Belief-con­di­tional things—things that only ex­ist when you be­lieve in them

JanDec 25, 2021, 10:49 AM
7 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

[Linkpost] [Fun] CDC To Send Pam­phlet On Prob­a­bil­is­tic Thinking

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 14, 2022, 9:44 PM
37 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A mod­est spel­ling re­form to in­crease au­tologic­ity, sym­me­try, and read­abil­ity.

Randomized, ControlledFeb 5, 2022, 9:09 PM
19 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

A Story With Zombies

Scott AlexanderDec 7, 2014, 8:11 PM
30 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

A Much Bet­ter Life?

PsychohistorianFeb 3, 2010, 8:01 PM
87 points
174 comments2 min readLW link

Beyond micromarriages

Richard_NgoMar 11, 2022, 3:40 AM
91 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: April 2222

NunoSempereApr 1, 2022, 7:07 AM
83 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Us­ing pre­dic­tion mar­kets to gen­er­ate LessWrong posts

Matthew BarnettApr 1, 2022, 4:33 PM
85 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Im­pact Is­land: A New EA Real­ity TV Show

LinchApr 1, 2022, 5:28 PM
69 points
14 comments4 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Why Take Care Of Your Health?

MondSemmelApr 6, 2022, 11:11 PM
39 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

[Fun][Link] Align­ment SMBC Comic

Gunnar_ZarnckeSep 9, 2022, 9:38 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.smbc-comics.com)

SRE’s re­view of Democracy

Martin SustrikAug 3, 2024, 7:20 AM
48 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(250bpm.substack.com)

G.K. Ch­ester­ton On AI Risk

Scott AlexanderApr 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
19 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing Emer­gency Ve­hi­cle Utilization

jefftkNov 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[April Fools] User GPT2 is Banned

jimrandomhApr 2, 2019, 6:00 AM
65 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

User GPT2 Has a Warn­ing for Vio­lat­ing Front­page Com­ment­ing Guidelines

jimrandomhApr 1, 2019, 8:23 PM
40 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

April Fools—Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity Joke Chapter

shokwaveApr 2, 2012, 2:47 AM
29 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Fun math facts about 2023

Adam ScherlisJan 1, 2023, 11:38 PM
9 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Why Karma 2.0? (A Kab­bal­is­tic Ex­pla­na­tion)

Ben PaceApr 2, 2018, 8:43 PM
15 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

MacArthur BART (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 2, 2023, 10:50 PM
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

There is no such thing as strength: a parody

ZoltanBerrigomoJul 5, 2015, 11:44 PM
37 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

Wolf In­ci­dent Postmortem

jefftkJan 9, 2023, 3:20 AM
135 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Life Has a Cruel Symmetry

philhJan 23, 2023, 11:40 PM
21 points
5 comments11 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Op­ti­mal­ity is the tiger, and an­noy­ing the user is its teeth

Christopher KingJan 28, 2023, 8:20 PM
25 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­posal: Butt bumps as a de­fault for phys­i­cal greetings

Adam ZernerApr 1, 2023, 12:48 PM
53 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Con­test for out­lin­ing rules for this con­test.

abramdemskiFeb 21, 2022, 6:44 PM
40 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

The one where Quir­rell is an egg

Ben PaceApr 15, 2020, 6:02 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Hu­mor: GURPS Friendly AI

hankx7787Feb 4, 2013, 4:38 PM
16 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

[Hu­mor] In honor of our new over­lord de­ci­sion the­ory acronym FDT...

ZviMar 24, 2017, 9:17 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Mo­ral Of The Story

Scott AlexanderOct 18, 2016, 2:22 AM
50 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Hu­mor] A Fear­some Ra­tion­al­ity Technique

SquirrelInHellAug 14, 2017, 9:05 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Bayesi­ance (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 18, 2020, 4:30 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Zeno walks into a bar

lsusrAug 4, 2019, 7:00 AM
52 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Jokes Thread

Joey YudelsonJul 24, 2014, 12:31 AM
37 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Puffer-pope re­al­ity check

Neil Jul 5, 2023, 9:27 AM
20 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Soviet-era Jokes, Com­mon Knowl­edge, Irony

Martin SustrikMay 12, 2018, 10:52 AM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

Free copy of Feyn­man’s au­to­bi­og­ra­phy for best corny ra­tio­nal­ist joke

GreenRootApr 4, 2010, 12:32 AM
19 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Zom­bies: The Movie

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 20, 2008, 5:53 AM
172 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

Some Unortho­dox Ways To Achieve High GDP Growth

Aug 8, 2024, 6:58 PM
57 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

Big Yel­low Trac­tor (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 18, 2020, 6:43 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomhOct 3, 2015, 3:54 PM
30 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

My Align­ment Re­search Agenda (“the Ethico­physics”)

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 2:57 AM
−13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ly­ing Align­ment Chart

Zack_M_DavisNov 29, 2023, 4:15 PM
77 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

The Orange Head Joke

Anatoly_VorobeyJan 25, 2011, 8:33 PM
30 points
96 comments2 min readLW link

Etho­dy­nam­ics of Omelas

dr_sJun 10, 2023, 4:24 PM
83 points
18 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Without Fun­da­men­tal Ad­vances, Re­bel­lion and Coup d’État are the Inevitable Out­comes of Dic­ta­tors & Monar­chs Try­ing to Con­trol Large, Ca­pable Countries

RokoJan 31, 2024, 10:14 AM
27 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Soviet com­edy film recommendations

Nina PanicksseryJun 9, 2024, 11:40 PM
42 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

Bring back the Colosseums

lcSep 8, 2023, 12:09 AM
18 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

If Many-Wor­lds Had Come First

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 10, 2008, 7:43 AM
95 points
189 comments9 min readLW link

liter­ally Hitler

David GrossNov 14, 2024, 3:20 AM
−14 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Why I love stand up comedy

Adam ZernerDec 16, 2020, 9:34 AM
20 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Sim­ple Truth

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 1, 2008, 8:00 PM
167 points
15 comments22 min readLW link

Why You Should Never Up­date Your Beliefs

Arjun PanicksseryJul 29, 2023, 12:27 AM
76 points
18 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Call to the tech­ni­cal sup­port of reality

bayesyatinaMar 25, 2021, 8:05 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

A new acausal trad­ing plat­form: RobinShould

Matthew BarnettApr 1, 2021, 4:56 PM
116 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

April drafts

AI ImpactsApr 1, 2021, 6:10 PM
49 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

min­utes from a hu­man-al­ign­ment meeting

bhauthMay 24, 2024, 5:01 AM
67 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Nu­clear En­ergy Align­ment Problem

lsusrMay 9, 2021, 3:50 AM
31 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Use­ful­ness Paradigm

AprillionDec 26, 2022, 1:23 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

MAKE IT BETTER (a po­etic demon­stra­tion of the ba­nal­ity of GPT-3)

rogersbaconJan 2, 2023, 8:47 PM
7 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

The Fable of the AI Coomer: Why the So­cial Prowess of Machines is AI’s Most Prox­i­mal Threat

Ace DelgadoJan 12, 2023, 1:15 AM
−10 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

ChatGPT tells sto­ries about XP-708-DQ, Eliezer, drag­ons, dark sor­cer­esses, and un­al­igned robots be­com­ing aligned

Bill BenzonJan 8, 2023, 11:21 PM
6 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

What is the solu­tion to the Align­ment prob­lem?

AlgonApr 30, 2022, 11:19 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­tropy mag­a­z­ine re­view

Peter lawless Dec 27, 2023, 6:37 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hard­ball ques­tions for the Gem­ini Con­gres­sional Hearing

Michael ThiessenMar 12, 2024, 3:27 PM
−11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Con­tra Ngo et al. “Every ‘Every Bay Area House Party’ Bay Area House Party”

Ricki HeicklenFeb 22, 2024, 11:56 PM
186 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(bayesshammai.substack.com)

The CARLIN Method: Teach­ing AI How to Be Gen­uinely Funny

Greg RobisonDec 9, 2024, 9:51 PM
3 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Places of Lov­ing Grace [Story]

ankFeb 18, 2025, 11:49 PM
−1 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Woloch & Wosatan

JackOfAllTradesDec 22, 2024, 3:46 PM
−11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The man­i­fest manifesto

dkl9Feb 24, 2025, 10:13 PM
4 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

I turned de­ci­sion the­ory prob­lems into memes about trolleys

TapataktOct 30, 2024, 8:13 PM
104 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Spher­i­cal cow

dkl9Nov 11, 2024, 3:10 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

An Episte­molog­i­cal Nightmare

Ariel ChengNov 21, 2024, 2:08 AM
6 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.mit.edu)

SIGMI Cer­tifi­ca­tion Criteria

a littoral wizardJan 20, 2025, 2:41 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­vival with­out dignity

L Rudolf LNov 4, 2024, 2:29 AM
356 points
29 comments15 min readLW link
(nosetgauge.substack.com)

Job Board (28 March 2033)

dr_sMar 28, 2023, 10:44 PM
20 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Some lesser-known megapro­ject ideas

LinchApr 2, 2023, 1:14 AM
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Friendly Drunk Fool Align­ment Strategy

JenniferRMApr 3, 2023, 1:26 AM
29 points
19 comments11 min readLW link

five ways to say “Al­most Always” and ac­tu­ally mean it

Yudhister KumarApr 22, 2023, 10:38 AM
17 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.ykumar.org)

An­nounc­ing the Cen­ter for Ap­plied Postrationality

Pee DoomApr 2, 2019, 1:17 AM
110 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

The Strangest Thing An AI Could Tell You

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 15, 2009, 2:27 AM
137 points
616 comments2 min readLW link

If ra­tio­nal­ity skills were Harry Pot­ter spells...

lifelonglearnerMar 9, 2018, 3:36 PM
21 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Two Cult Koans

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 21, 2007, 5:45 AM
130 points
100 comments2 min readLW link

Son of Shit Ra­tion­al­ists Say

EneaszJun 1, 2012, 1:47 PM
82 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Shit Ra­tion­al­ists Say?

EneaszJan 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
55 points
119 comments1 min readLW link

Cards Against Rationality

fubarobfuscoJun 16, 2012, 2:23 AM
41 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

Amaz­ing Break­through Day: April 1st

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 25, 2008, 5:45 AM
80 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Dr. Jub­jub pre­dicts a crisis

ApprenticeJan 10, 2014, 3:52 PM
74 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe you want to max­imise pa­per­clips too

dougclowOct 30, 2014, 9:40 PM
70 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Brain Break­through! It’s Made of Neu­rons!

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 1, 2008, 7:00 PM
71 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

I am the very model of a self-re­cur­sive modeler

Jacob FalkovichSep 6, 2018, 9:45 PM
46 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

The 8 Tech­niques to Tol­er­ify the Dark World

adamShimiJul 20, 2020, 12:58 AM
2 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

King Un­der The Moun­tain: Ad­ven­ture Log + Soundtrack

Scott AlexanderNov 25, 2011, 10:29 PM
87 points
36 comments23 min readLW link

The Yud­kowsky Am­bi­tion Scale

loup-vaillantSep 12, 2012, 3:08 PM
64 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Ham­ster in Tutu Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 6, 2009, 4:29 PM
49 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

The ra­tio­nal ra­tio­nal­ist’s guide to ra­tio­nally us­ing “ra­tio­nal” in ra­tio­nal post titles

VaniverMay 27, 2012, 7:13 PM
127 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Ti­mothy Chu Ori­gins Chap­ter 1

alkjashApr 13, 2018, 6:40 PM
19 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Fre­quently Asked Ques­tions for Cen­tral Banks Un­der­shoot­ing Their In­fla­tion Target

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 29, 2017, 11:36 PM
61 points
30 comments35 min readLW link

Mur­phy’s Quest Ch 1: Ex­po­sure Therapy

alkjashMar 4, 2018, 4:50 AM
26 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Mur­phy’s Quest Ch 8: False Pentachotomy

alkjashMar 8, 2018, 5:30 AM
19 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Count­ess and Baron at­tempt to define black­mail, fail

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 15, 2013, 10:07 AM
20 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Black­mail, Nukes and the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 10, 2010, 2:58 PM
25 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Mur­phy’s Quest Ch 4: Notic­ing Confusion

alkjashMar 5, 2018, 7:20 AM
21 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

A&I (Rihanna ‘S&M’ par­ody lyrics)

nahojMay 21, 2023, 10:34 PM
−2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Shit ra­tio­nal­ists say − 2018

ChristianKlFeb 20, 2018, 9:26 PM
16 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

A Ter­rify­ing Hal­loween Costume

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 1, 2007, 2:54 AM
11 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Pen­guicon & Blook

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 13, 2008, 5:32 PM
14 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Hal­loween cos­tume: Paperclipperer

EloOct 21, 2017, 6:33 AM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal dilem­mas for pa­per­clip maximizers

CronoDASAug 1, 2011, 5:31 AM
14 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Agree, Re­tort, or Ig­nore? A Post From the Future

Wei DaiNov 24, 2009, 10:29 PM
39 points
87 comments2 min readLW link

[Funny] Even Clippy can be blamed on the use of non-Bayesian methods

lukeprogOct 2, 2011, 7:40 AM
41 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­sives from China

alkjashFeb 17, 2018, 12:30 PM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The un­spo­ken but ridicu­lous as­sump­tion of AI doom: the hid­den doom assumption

Christopher KingJun 1, 2023, 5:01 PM
−9 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

The Fall of Ra­tion­al­ity—The Se­nate of Admins

Ace DelgadoJun 26, 2023, 1:49 AM
−10 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

The hu­man problem

PhilGoetzApr 1, 2010, 7:41 PM
35 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

The Amaz­ing Vir­gin Pregnancy

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 24, 2007, 2:00 PM
32 points
271 comments2 min readLW link

Ob­jec­tive Dog Rat­ings: The Ir­ish Wolfhound

CallmesalticidaeAug 29, 2020, 4:01 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Thanks­giv­ing Prayer

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 28, 2008, 4:17 AM
40 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

i love eat­ing trash

Ace DelgadoJul 13, 2023, 11:23 AM
−6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Goldilocks and the Three Optimisers

dkl9Aug 17, 2023, 6:15 PM
−10 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

“On the Im­pos­si­bil­ity of Su­per­sized Machines”

crmflynnMar 31, 2017, 11:32 PM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(philpapers.org)

xkcd on the AI box experiment

FiftyTwoNov 21, 2014, 8:26 AM
28 points
234 comments1 min readLW link

Just for fun—let’s play a game.

CronoDASApr 17, 2009, 11:13 PM
12 points
69 comments1 min readLW link

I Changed My Mind To­day—Canned Laughter

preApr 15, 2009, 11:59 PM
15 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

AI pres­i­dents dis­cuss AI al­ign­ment agendas

Sep 9, 2023, 6:55 PM
217 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Just a bit of hu­mor...

CronoDASApr 24, 2009, 4:21 AM
−8 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

‘oy, girls on lw, want to get to­gether some time?’

MBlumeOct 2, 2009, 10:50 AM
38 points
184 comments1 min readLW link

The Hard Prob­lem of Magic

enaumovDec 4, 2020, 6:51 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Three Sto­ries about not Think­ing too Hard

ejacobFeb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM
25 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(eidan.substack.com)

KAnon

jefftkFeb 15, 2021, 8:50 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Holy Algorithm

MalmesburyApr 3, 2021, 6:09 PM
7 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

SMBC about Eliezer

IrenicTruthApr 20, 2021, 5:28 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] New­comb’s Grandfather

Yair HalberstadtJan 28, 2022, 8:56 AM
5 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Pow­er­point joy—How I got 1.7 mil­lion views on Un­splash by nour­ish­ing the souls of office workers

tomdekanMar 7, 2022, 3:29 PM
5 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] If you lose enough Good Heart To­kens, will you lose real-world money?

YitzApr 1, 2022, 9:11 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­ti­nen­tal Philos­o­phy as Un­der­grad­u­ate Mathematics

JanApr 26, 2022, 8:05 AM
16 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

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