LessWrong 2.0

Aug 24, 2017

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by Eliezer_Yudkowsky

This sequence abstracts from human cognition and evolution to the idea of minds and goal-directed systems at their most general. These essays serve the secondary purpose of explaining the author’s general approach to philosophy and the science of rationality, which is strongly informed by his work in AI.

Belief in Intelligence

Previously in series: Expected Creative Surprises Since I am so uncertain of Kasparov's moves, what is the empirical content of my belie

Humans in Funny Suits

Followup to: The Psychological Unity of Humankind Many times the human species has travelled into space, only to find the stars inhabited

Optimization and the Intelligence Explosion

Among the topics I haven’t delved into here is the notion of an optimization process. Roughly, this is the idea that your power as a mind is

Ghosts in the Machine

Followup to: The Ultimate Source, Passing the Recursive Buck People hear about Friendly AI and say - this is one of the top three initial

Artificial Addition

Followup to: The Simple Truth Suppose that human beings had absolutely no idea how they performed arithmetic. Imagine that human beings

Terminal Values and Instrumental Values

On a purely instinctive level, any human planner behaves as if they distinguish between means and ends. Want chocolate? There's chocolate

Leaky Generalizations

Followup to: Terminal Values and Instrumental Values Are apples good to eat? Usually, but some apples are rotten. Do humans have ten f

The Hidden Complexity of Wishes

Followup to: The Tragedy of Group Selectionism, Fake Optimization Criteria, Terminal Values and Instrumental Values, Artificial Addition, L

Anthropomorphic Optimism

Followup to: Humans in Funny Suits, The Tragedy of Group Selectionism The core fallacy of anthropomorphism is expecting something to be p

Lost Purposes

It was in either kindergarten or first grade that I was first asked to pray, given a transliteration of a Hebrew prayer. I asked what the w

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