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Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts
steven0461
Mar 22, 2009, 8:17 PM
245
points
324
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How the Grinch Ought to Have Stolen Christmas
Quirinus_Quirrell
Dec 25, 2013, 8:00 PM
81
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Philosopher Walks Into A Coffee Shop
Scott Alexander
Jan 25, 2015, 8:42 PM
57
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Fucking Goddamn Basics of Rationalist Discourse
LoganStrohl
Feb 4, 2023, 1:47 AM
356
points
103
comments
1
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Good News, Everyone!
jbash
Mar 25, 2023, 1:48 PM
132
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
GPT-175bee
Adam Scherlis
and
LawrenceC
Feb 8, 2023, 6:58 PM
122
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(Humor) AI Alignment Critical Failure Table
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 31, 2020, 7:51 PM
24
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(sl4.org)
Rejected Early Drafts of Newcomb’s Problem
zahmahkibo
Sep 6, 2022, 7:04 PM
114
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
5,000 calories of peanut butter every week for 3 years straight
Declan Molony
Jan 31, 2025, 5:29 PM
16
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Safety via Luck
Jozdien
Apr 1, 2023, 8:13 PM
82
points
7
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Stupid Reasons to Have More Kids
SebastianG
Apr 17, 2022, 8:05 PM
24
points
22
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[April Fools’] Definitive confirmation of shard theory
TurnTrout
Apr 1, 2023, 7:27 AM
170
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Sponsored] Job Hunting in the Modern Economy
lsusr
Sep 1, 2021, 6:07 AM
35
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Manifesto of the Silent Minority
lsusr
Nov 24, 2020, 5:30 AM
63
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Shutting down AI is not enough. We need to destroy all technology.
Matthew Barnett
Apr 1, 2023, 9:03 PM
152
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April Fools: Announcing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!
habryka
and
Ben Pace
Apr 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
94
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
April Fools: Announcing: Karma 2.0
habryka
Apr 1, 2018, 10:33 AM
63
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Cardinality
jimrandomh
Apr 27, 2021, 10:27 PM
57
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Every “Every Bay Area House Party” Bay Area House Party
Richard_Ngo
Feb 16, 2024, 6:53 PM
181
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
To signal effectively, use a non-human, non-stoppable enforcer
Clippy
May 22, 2010, 10:03 PM
39
points
167
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Predicting the future with the power of the Internet (and pissing off Rob Miles)
Writer
Dec 15, 2023, 5:37 PM
23
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(youtu.be)
…And I Show You How Deep The Rabbit Hole Goes
Scott Alexander
Jun 3, 2015, 1:47 AM
255
points
15
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Pyramid Scheme
patrissimo
Jan 31, 2010, 6:56 PM
12
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Random LW-parodying Statement Generator
Armok_GoB
Sep 11, 2012, 7:57 PM
100
points
221
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wrong answer bias
lemonhope
Feb 1, 2024, 8:05 PM
78
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective Evil
lsusr
Nov 2, 2021, 12:26 AM
112
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Objective Dog Ratings: An Introduction & Explanation
Callmesalticidae
Aug 29, 2020, 3:54 AM
20
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Center for Applied Postrationality: An Update
Pee Doom
Apr 1, 2021, 8:13 AM
78
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Org announcement: [AC]RC
Vivek Hebbar
Apr 17, 2022, 5:24 PM
82
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Planes are still decades away from displacing most bird jobs
guzey
Nov 25, 2022, 4:49 PM
168
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Jokes Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 18, 2014, 4:17 PM
20
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“On the Impossibility of Superintelligent Rubik’s Cube Solvers”, Claude 2024 [humor]
gwern
Jun 23, 2024, 9:18 PM
22
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(gwern.net)
Transhumanist Fables
Scott Alexander
May 28, 2013, 1:55 AM
130
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Objective Dog Ratings: The Shiba Inu
Callmesalticidae
Sep 18, 2020, 12:12 AM
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: Butt bumps as a default for physical greetings
Adam Zerner
Apr 1, 2023, 12:48 PM
53
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Big Yellow Tractor (Filk)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 18, 2020, 6:43 PM
14
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bayesiance (Filk)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Aug 18, 2020, 4:30 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Karma 2.0? (A Kabbalistic Explanation)
Ben Pace
Apr 2, 2018, 8:43 PM
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A new acausal trading platform: RobinShould
Matthew Barnett
Apr 1, 2021, 4:56 PM
116
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Call to the technical support of reality
bayesyatina
Mar 25, 2021, 8:05 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Story With Zombies
Scott Alexander
Dec 7, 2014, 8:11 PM
31
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Belief-conditional things—things that only exist when you believe in them
Jan
Dec 25, 2021, 10:49 AM
7
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(universalprior.substack.com)
The Orange Head Joke
Anatoly_Vorobey
Jan 25, 2011, 8:33 PM
30
points
96
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Forecasting Newsletter: April 2222
NunoSempere
Apr 1, 2022, 7:07 AM
83
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Rationality Cardinality
jimrandomh
Oct 3, 2015, 3:54 PM
30
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Soviet-era Jokes, Common Knowledge, Irony
Martin Sustrik
May 12, 2018, 10:52 AM
17
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
[Fun][Link] Alignment SMBC Comic
Gunnar_Zarncke
Sep 9, 2022, 9:38 PM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.smbc-comics.com)
MacArthur BART (Filk)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jan 2, 2023, 10:50 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Why Take Care Of Your Health?
MondSemmel
Apr 6, 2022, 11:11 PM
40
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Free copy of Feynman’s autobiography for best corny rationalist joke
GreenRoot
Apr 4, 2010, 12:32 AM
19
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimality is the tiger, and annoying the user is its teeth
Christopher King
Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 PM
25
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Open Letter To Myself On How To Not Get Any Work Done.
HarryO
Aug 23, 2021, 7:18 AM
43
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
If Many-Worlds Had Come First
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 10, 2008, 7:43 AM
96
points
189
comments
9
min read
LW
link
User GPT2 Has a Warning for Violating Frontpage Commenting Guidelines
jimrandomh
Apr 1, 2019, 8:23 PM
40
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Much Better Life?
Psychohistorian
Feb 3, 2010, 8:01 PM
87
points
174
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I Have No Sense of Humor and I Must Laugh
Lone Pine
Mar 31, 2023, 7:40 PM
−3
points
1
comment
22
min read
LW
link
Why You Should Never Update Your Beliefs
Arjun Panickssery
Jul 29, 2023, 12:27 AM
76
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)
Soviet comedy film recommendations
Nina Panickssery
Jun 9, 2024, 11:40 PM
42
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(open.substack.com)
SRE’s review of Democracy
Martin Sustrik
Aug 3, 2024, 7:20 AM
48
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.substack.com)
minutes from a human-alignment meeting
bhauth
May 24, 2024, 5:01 AM
67
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Improving Emergency Vehicle Utilization
jefftk
Nov 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
15
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
literally Hitler
David Gross
Nov 14, 2024, 3:20 AM
−14
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Linkpost] [Fun] CDC To Send Pamphlet On Probabilistic Thinking
Gunnar_Zarncke
Jan 14, 2022, 9:44 PM
37
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wolf Incident Postmortem
jefftk
Jan 9, 2023, 3:20 AM
137
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Contest for outlining rules for this contest.
abramdemski
Feb 21, 2022, 6:44 PM
40
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[April Fools] User GPT2 is Banned
jimrandomh
Apr 2, 2019, 6:00 AM
65
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Nuclear Energy Alignment Problem
lsusr
May 9, 2021, 3:50 AM
30
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Moral Of The Story
Scott Alexander
Oct 18, 2016, 2:22 AM
53
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Zeno walks into a bar
lsusr
Aug 4, 2019, 7:00 AM
53
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Using prediction markets to generate LessWrong posts
Matthew Barnett
Apr 1, 2022, 4:33 PM
85
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The dumbest kid in the world (joke)
CronoDAS
Jun 6, 2021, 2:57 AM
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April Fools—Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter
shokwave
Apr 2, 2012, 2:47 AM
29
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Life Has a Cruel Symmetry
philh
Jan 23, 2023, 11:40 PM
21
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
Ethodynamics of Omelas
dr_s
Jun 10, 2023, 4:24 PM
83
points
18
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
Without Fundamental Advances, Rebellion and Coup d’État are the Inevitable Outcomes of Dictators & Monarchs Trying to Control Large, Capable Countries
Roko
Jan 31, 2024, 10:14 AM
27
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Simple Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jan 1, 2008, 8:00 PM
172
points
15
comments
22
min read
LW
link
April drafts
AI Impacts
Apr 1, 2021, 6:10 PM
49
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
G.K. Chesterton On AI Risk
Scott Alexander
Apr 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
20
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Beyond micromarriages
Richard_Ngo
Mar 11, 2022, 3:40 AM
92
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Announcing Impact Island: A New EA Reality TV Show
Linch
Apr 1, 2022, 5:28 PM
69
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Humor: GURPS Friendly AI
hankx7787
Feb 4, 2013, 4:38 PM
16
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Why I love stand up comedy
Adam Zerner
Dec 16, 2020, 9:34 AM
20
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
There is no such thing as strength: a parody
ZoltanBerrigomo
Jul 5, 2015, 11:44 PM
37
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Jokes Thread
Joey Yudelson
Jul 24, 2014, 12:31 AM
37
points
86
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some Unorthodox Ways To Achieve High GDP Growth
johnswentworth
and
David Lorell
Aug 8, 2024, 6:58 PM
57
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Lying Alignment Chart
Zack_M_Davis
Nov 29, 2023, 4:15 PM
77
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Zombies: The Movie
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 20, 2008, 5:53 AM
173
points
82
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bring back the Colosseums
lc
Sep 8, 2023, 12:09 AM
18
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fun math facts about 2023
Adam Scherlis
Jan 1, 2023, 11:38 PM
9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The one where Quirrell is an egg
Ben Pace
Apr 15, 2020, 6:02 AM
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
[Humor] In honor of our new overlord decision theory acronym FDT...
Zvi
Mar 24, 2017, 9:17 PM
16
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Puffer-pope reality check
Neil
Jul 5, 2023, 9:27 AM
20
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique
SquirrelInHell
Aug 14, 2017, 9:05 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
A modest spelling reform to increase autologicity, symmetry, and readability.
Randomized, Controlled
Feb 5, 2022, 9:09 PM
19
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Alignment Research Agenda (“the Ethicophysics”)
MadHatter
Nov 30, 2023, 2:57 AM
−13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thanksgiving Prayer
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 28, 2008, 4:17 AM
40
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Powerpoint joy—How I got 1.7 million views on Unsplash by nourishing the souls of office workers
tomdekan
Mar 7, 2022, 3:29 PM
5
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
‘oy, girls on lw, want to get together some time?’
MBlume
Oct 2, 2009, 10:50 AM
38
points
184
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hardball questions for the Gemini Congressional Hearing
Michael Thiessen
Mar 12, 2024, 3:27 PM
−11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SMBC about Eliezer
IrenicTruth
Apr 20, 2021, 5:28 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is the solution to the Alignment problem?
Algon
Apr 30, 2022, 11:19 PM
24
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Yudkowsky Ambition Scale
loup-vaillant
Sep 12, 2012, 3:08 PM
64
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
King Under The Mountain: Adventure Log + Soundtrack
Scott Alexander
Nov 25, 2011, 10:29 PM
87
points
36
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Timothy Chu Origins Chapter 1
alkjash
Apr 13, 2018, 6:40 PM
19
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Halloween costume: Paperclipperer
Elo
Oct 21, 2017, 6:33 AM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I Changed My Mind Today—Canned Laughter
pre
Apr 15, 2009, 11:59 PM
15
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Murphy’s Quest Ch 4: Noticing Confusion
alkjash
Mar 5, 2018, 7:20 AM
21
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Contra Ngo et al. “Every ‘Every Bay Area House Party’ Bay Area House Party”
Ricki Heicklen
Feb 22, 2024, 11:56 PM
186
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(bayesshammai.substack.com)
Three Stories about not Thinking too Hard
ejacob
Feb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM
25
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(eidan.substack.com)
A Terrifying Halloween Costume
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 1, 2007, 2:54 AM
11
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Amazing Virgin Pregnancy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 24, 2007, 2:00 PM
32
points
271
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The CARLIN Method: Teaching AI How to Be Genuinely Funny
Greg Robison
Dec 9, 2024, 9:51 PM
3
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Places of Loving Grace [Story]
ank
Feb 18, 2025, 11:49 PM
−1
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Blackmail, Nukes and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 10, 2010, 2:58 PM
25
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The 8 Techniques to Tolerify the Dark World
adamShimi
Jul 20, 2020, 12:58 AM
2
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Puce Tribe
mike_hawke
Feb 28, 2021, 9:11 PM
9
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
MAKE IT BETTER (a poetic demonstration of the banality of GPT-3)
rogersbacon
Jan 2, 2023, 8:47 PM
7
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Dr. Jubjub predicts a crisis
Apprentice
Jan 10, 2014, 3:52 PM
74
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hamster in Tutu Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 6, 2009, 4:29 PM
49
points
73
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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
The Fable of the AI Coomer: Why the Social Prowess of Machines is AI’s Most Proximal Threat
Ace Delgado
Jan 12, 2023, 1:15 AM
−10
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
I am the very model of a self-recursive modeler
Jacob Falkovich
Sep 6, 2018, 9:45 PM
46
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Penguicon & Blook
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 13, 2008, 5:32 PM
14
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The unspoken but ridiculous assumption of AI doom: the hidden doom assumption
Christopher King
Jun 1, 2023, 5:01 PM
−9
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
I turned decision theory problems into memes about trolleys
Tapatakt
Oct 30, 2024, 8:13 PM
105
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cards Against Rationality
fubarobfusco
Jun 16, 2012, 2:23 AM
41
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Generating the Funniest Joke with RL (according to GPT-4.1)
agg
May 16, 2025, 5:09 AM
99
points
22
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Missives from China
alkjash
Feb 17, 2018, 12:30 PM
12
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
If rationality skills were Harry Potter spells...
lifelonglearner
Mar 9, 2018, 3:36 PM
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
ChatGPT tells stories about XP-708-DQ, Eliezer, dragons, dark sorceresses, and unaligned robots becoming aligned
Bill Benzon
Jan 8, 2023, 11:21 PM
6
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
AI presidents discuss AI alignment agendas
TurnTrout
and
Garrett Baker
Sep 9, 2023, 6:55 PM
217
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
An Epistemological Nightmare
Ariel Cheng
Nov 21, 2024, 2:08 AM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.mit.edu)
My search for a reliable breakfast
tomdekan
Oct 18, 2022, 9:42 AM
6
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.tomdekan.com)
[Funny] Even Clippy can be blamed on the use of non-Bayesian methods
lukeprog
Oct 2, 2011, 7:40 AM
41
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The rational rationalist’s guide to rationally using “rational” in rational post titles
Vaniver
May 27, 2012, 7:13 PM
128
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some lesser-known megaproject ideas
Linch
Apr 2, 2023, 1:14 AM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just for fun—let’s play a game.
CronoDAS
Apr 17, 2009, 11:13 PM
12
points
69
comments
1
min read
LW
link
i love eating trash
Ace Delgado
Jul 13, 2023, 11:23 AM
−6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Murphy’s Quest Ch 8: False Pentachotomy
alkjash
Mar 8, 2018, 5:30 AM
19
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
The Strangest Thing An AI Could Tell You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jul 15, 2009, 2:27 AM
137
points
616
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The manifest manifesto
dkl9
Feb 24, 2025, 10:13 PM
6
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(dkl9.net)
SIGMI Certification Criteria
a littoral wizard
Jan 20, 2025, 2:41 AM
6
points
0
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Newcomb’s Grandfather
Yair Halberstadt
Jan 28, 2022, 8:56 AM
5
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29
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1
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LW
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Countess and Baron attempt to define blackmail, fail
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 15, 2013, 10:07 AM
20
points
7
comments
4
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LW
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Son of Shit Rationalists Say
Eneasz
Jun 1, 2012, 1:47 PM
82
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44
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1
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LW
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An open job application to AI labs
Hruss
May 25, 2025, 12:57 PM
15
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0
comments
1
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LW
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Just a bit of humor...
CronoDAS
Apr 24, 2009, 4:21 AM
−8
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15
comments
1
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LW
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Shit Rationalists Say?
Eneasz
Jan 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
55
points
119
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1
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LW
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Satire: Sam Altman get’s grilled by the Financial Times for his kitchen and his cooking skills + what this might say about him
Marius Adrian Nicoară
May 13, 2025, 9:38 AM
2
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0
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2
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The Usefulness Paradigm
Aprillion
Dec 26, 2022, 1:23 PM
4
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4
comments
1
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Spherical cow
dkl9
Nov 11, 2024, 3:10 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(dkl9.net)
Objective Dog Ratings: The Irish Wolfhound
Callmesalticidae
Aug 29, 2020, 4:01 AM
1
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1
comment
1
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LW
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“On the Impossibility of Supersized Machines”
crmflynn
Mar 31, 2017, 11:32 PM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(philpapers.org)
Extropy magazine review
Peter lawless
Dec 27, 2023, 6:37 PM
3
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0
comments
1
min read
LW
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Shit rationalists say − 2018
ChristianKl
Feb 20, 2018, 9:26 PM
16
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
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KAnon
jefftk
Feb 15, 2021, 8:50 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Two Cult Koans
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 21, 2007, 5:45 AM
132
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100
comments
2
min read
LW
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five ways to say “Almost Always” and actually mean it
Yudhister Kumar
Apr 22, 2023, 10:38 AM
17
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.ykumar.org)
Survival without dignity
L Rudolf L
Nov 4, 2024, 2:29 AM
370
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29
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(nosetgauge.substack.com)
The Holy Algorithm
Malmesbury
Apr 3, 2021, 6:09 PM
7
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)
xkcd on the AI box experiment
FiftyTwo
Nov 21, 2014, 8:26 AM
28
points
234
comments
1
min read
LW
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Woloch & Wosatan
JackOfAllTrades
Dec 22, 2024, 3:46 PM
−11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ethical dilemmas for paperclip maximizers
CronoDAS
Aug 1, 2011, 5:31 AM
14
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brain Breakthrough! It’s Made of Neurons!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 1, 2008, 7:00 PM
71
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The human problem
PhilGoetz
Apr 1, 2010, 7:41 PM
35
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Amazing Breakthrough Day: April 1st
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 25, 2008, 5:45 AM
80
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
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Calculus is about change
dkl9
Apr 1, 2025, 7:44 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(dkl9.net)
A&I (Rihanna ‘S&M’ parody lyrics)
nahoj
May 21, 2023, 10:34 PM
−2
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0
comments
2
min read
LW
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Crossword puzzle: LessWrong Halloween 2022
jchan
Oct 21, 2022, 12:41 PM
11
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Continental Philosophy as Undergraduate Mathematics
Jan
Apr 26, 2022, 8:05 AM
17
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(universalprior.substack.com)
[Question]
If you lose enough Good Heart Tokens, will you lose real-world money?
Yitz
Apr 1, 2022, 9:11 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Murphy’s Quest Ch 1: Exposure Therapy
alkjash
Mar 4, 2018, 4:50 AM
27
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
The Hard Problem of Magic
enaumov
Dec 4, 2020, 6:51 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Agree, Retort, or Ignore? A Post From the Future
Wei Dai
Nov 24, 2009, 10:29 PM
40
points
88
comments
2
min read
LW
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The Fall of Rationality—The Senate of Admins
Ace Delgado
Jun 26, 2023, 1:49 AM
−10
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Announcing the Center for Applied Postrationality
Pee Doom
Apr 2, 2019, 1:17 AM
110
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Goldilocks and the Three Optimisers
dkl9
Aug 17, 2023, 6:15 PM
−10
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(dkl9.net)
The Friendly Drunk Fool Alignment Strategy
JenniferRM
Apr 3, 2023, 1:26 AM
29
points
19
comments
11
min read
LW
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Job Board (28 March 2033)
dr_s
Mar 28, 2023, 10:44 PM
20
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
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Maybe you want to maximise paperclips too
dougclow
Oct 30, 2014, 9:40 PM
70
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29
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2
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