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Rationality-focused community blog
LessWrong (also written Less Wrong) is a community blog and forum focused on discussion of cognitive biases, philosophy, psychology, economics, rationality
LessWrong
American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
Humanity Institute of Oxford University. In February 2009, Yudkowsky founded LessWrong, a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality".
Eliezer_Yudkowsky
Internet community
21st-century movement that formed around a group of internet blogs, primarily LessWrong and Astral Codex Ten (formerly known as Slate Star Codex). The movement
Rationalist_community
AI thought experiment
encourage that advancement. It originated in a 2010 post at discussion board LessWrong, a rationalist community web forum. The thought experiment's name derives
Roko's_basilisk
American writer (born 1992)
rationalist community. She joined in 2015, after dating someone interested in LessWrong. In 2024, a Sankey diagram made by Aella showing the participants in her
Aella_(writer)
Philosophical thought experiment about utility
refer to this problem was originally coined by Eliezer Yudkowsky in the LessWrong forum. Philosopher Nick Bostrom later elaborated the thought experiment
Pascal's_mugging
Blog focused on psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and futurism
material to follow. Alexander also blogged at the rationalist community blog LessWrong, and wrote a fiction book in blog format named Unsong. Alexander published
Slate_Star_Codex
Epistemological view centered on reason
reasons, 2000. Harvard University Press. "Rationalist Movement – LessWrong". www.lesswrong.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2023-06-19
Rationalism
New Zealand AI researcher (born 1973/4)
concern of existential risk from AI, highlighted in 2011 in an interview on LessWrong and in 2023 he signed the statement on AI risk of extinction. Before his
Shane_Legg
Problem of finding the best feasible solution
courses.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-10. "Search Space - LessWrong". www.lesswrong.com. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2025-05-10. Boyd, Stephen P.; Vandenberghe
Optimization_problem
Fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky
rationalist community and skills he advocates on his community blog, LessWrong. According to him, "I'd been reading a lot of Harry Potter fan fiction
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality
Figure on a compass, map, nautical chart
the Vor v Zakone to denote rank. The rationality-focused community blog LessWrong uses a compass rose as its logo. The Compass Rose is a 1982 collection
Compass_rose
Subgenre of fiction prioritizing logic and consistent world-building
cognitive science. While the genre's formalization is associated with the LessWrong community, it draws influence from the Golden Age of Science Fiction and
Rationalist_fiction
Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)
2021. Yudkowsky, Eliezer (26 September 2007). "9/26 is Petrov Day". www.lesswrong.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023
Stanislav_Petrov
Topics referred to by the same term
use Lutheran Worship, a hymnal of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod LessWrong, an online discussion forum. Lakeshore West line (LW) of the GO Transit
LW
Website for online discussions
(with pictures)". EasyTechJunkie. Retrieved 2022-01-25. "Debate tools". LessWrong. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-03-06. Retrieved
Internet_forum
Non-profit effective altruist organization
launched a new version of the Effective Altruism Forum, based on the LessWrong codebase. In 2022, the division of CEA providing operations support and
Centre_for_Effective_Altruism
Feeling of regard for someone or something
Intractability. Gross, David (12 November 2020). "Notes on Respect-for-Others". LessWrong. Johnson, Robert N.; Cureton, Adam (2022). "Kant's Moral Philosophy".
Respect
Joomla Kaskus KiwiFarms Krstarica LIHKG LinuxQuestions.org Literotica LessWrong MacRumors MacTalk Australia (defunct) Maes-e Miestai.net Milnet.ca MindVox
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Probability of existentially catastrophic outcomes in AI
(formerly Twitter). King, Isaac (2024-01-01). "Stop talking about p(doom)". LessWrong. "GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith are teaming up again for new collaborative
P(doom)
2017 browser-based video game
experiment described by philosopher Nick Bostrom and popularized by the LessWrong internet forum, which Lantz frequently visited. In the paperclip maximizer
Universal_Paperclips
Game-playing artificial intelligence
with learned game models, and thoughts from a MIRI employee - LessWrong 2.0". www.lesswrong.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07. Wu, Jun. "Reinforcement Learning
MuZero
Ability to understand or feel what another is feeling
2020.08.022. PMID 32888755. Gross D (May 3, 2022). "Notes on Empathy". LessWrong. Zalta EN (ed.). "Empathy". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 1095-5054
Empathy
Cryptograph and cypherpunk (1956–2014)
expenses in 2013. In October 2009, Finney announced in an essay on the blog LessWrong that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in
Hal Finney (computer scientist)
Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)
Philosophical and social movement
Humanity Institute studying topics such as existential risk, and the LessWrong discussion forum, which focuses on rationalism. In 2011, Giving What We
Effective_altruism
Proposed ideological bundle
philosophical thought experiments out of context. Similarly, Oliver Habryka of LessWrong has criticized the concept, saying: "I've never in my life met a cosmist;
TESCREAL
German-American artificial intelligence researcher
(April 8, 2022). "We Are Conjecture, A New Alignment Research Startup". LessWrong. Retrieved May 17, 2026. Perrigo, Billy. "Researcher: To Stop AI Killing
Connor_Leahy
Concept in artificial intelligence
2024-01-23. Heighn (12 June 2022). "The Calculus of Nash Equilibria". LessWrong. Abbas, Dr Assad (2025-03-09). "AI Singularity and the End of Moore's
Recursive_self-improvement
Insult implying a lack of critical thinking
pay gold to anyone who kills ten giant rats. By 2010, members of the LessWrong subculture in California called people outside their subculture NPCs because
NPC_(meme)
American economist and author (born 1959)
v t e LessWrong People Aella Scott Alexander Paul Christiano Wei Dai Robin Hanson Zvi Mowshowitz Eliezer Yudkowsky Organizations Center for Applied Rationality
Robin_Hanson
US-based nonprofit organization
of the rationality movement surrounding Eliezer Yudkowsky's web site LessWrong, from which CFAR originated. Paul Slovic and Keith Stanovich have served
Center for Applied Rationality
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Cryptocurrency pioneer
". Unenumerated. Retrieved 2014-03-12. "Making money with Bitcoin?". LessWrong. February 2011. "Satoshi Nakamoto is (probably) Nick Szabo". LikeInAMirror
Wei_Dai
Hypothesis about intelligent agents
delusion function in any way the agent desires. "Instrumental Convergence". LessWrong. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-12. Russell
Instrumental_convergence
Text that cause errors in large language models
has the non-ASCII "é". The first work about glitch tokens was on the LessWrong community blog. Several methods have been employed to detect these tokens
Glitch_token
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hypothetical future artificial intelligence posited in a thought experiment by LessWrong contributor Roko ROKO Construction, civil engineering and construction
Roko
Text adventure game generated by artificial intelligence
Dungeons" Dragon Model is heavily path dependent (testing GPT-3 on ethics)". LessWrong. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020
AI_Dungeon
Reinforcement learning technique
Erich_Grunewald (22 December 2022), "Notes on Meta's Diplomacy-Playing AI", LessWrong Laterre, Alexandre (2018). "Ranked Reward: Enabling Self-Play Reinforcement
Self-play
Topics referred to by the same term
two evils principle "The Lesser of Two Evils", an episode of Futurama LessWrong This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The
The_Lesser_Evil
American secular humanist event
Megameetups — LessWrong". 7 November 2025. "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29. "Ritual Report: NYC Less Wrong Solstice Celebration". www.lesswrong.com. 20
Secular_Solstice
List of concepts in artificial intelligence
January 2024. Heighn (12 June 2022). "The Calculus of Nash Equilibria". LessWrong. Kaelbling, Leslie P.; Littman, Michael L.; Moore, Andrew W. (1996). "Reinforcement
Glossary of artificial intelligence
Glossary_of_artificial_intelligence
2023. Yudkowsky, Eliezer (December 12, 2008). "You Only Live Twice". LessWrong. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2022
List of people who arranged for cryonics
List_of_people_who_arranged_for_cryonics
American fringe rationalist group
wearing a black cape. She was an avid reader of the rationalist forum LessWrong and Eliezer Yudkowsky's book Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Zizians
Optimization method
Yudkowsky, Eliezer (11 November 2008). "Worse Than Random - LessWrong". Glover, F. (2007). "Tabu search—uncharted domains". Annals of Operations
Stochastic_optimization
Information that is spread throughout the market and not in the hands of a single agent
JSTOR 1809376. "Book review: Knowledge and Decisions by Thomas Sowell - LessWrong". www.lesswrong.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02. Hayek, Friedrich (1973). Law, Legislation
Dispersed_knowledge
American evolutionary psychologist (born 1965)
October 5, 2015. "Interview with Diana Fleischman and Geoffrey Miller - LessWrong". Retrieved July 31, 2022. "Zola Registry". www.zola.com. Archived from
Geoffrey Miller (psychologist)
Geoffrey_Miller_(psychologist)
Quality of being agreeable to reason
(individual rationality) Instinct Intelligence Irrationality Law of thought LessWrong List of cognitive biases Principle of rationality Rational emotive behavior
Rationality
Method of predicting the future
Forecasting". Conceptually. Retrieved 20 April 2017. "Outside view". LessWrong Wiki. Retrieved 20 April 2017. "Procedures for Dealing with Optimism Bias
Reference_class_forecasting
Ideological faction within the Democratic Party
Kelsey Piper on Self-Censorship and the Vibe Shift — LessWrong". August 7, 2025 – via www.lesswrong.com. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal=
New_Democrats_(United_States)
Topics referred to by the same term
Basilisk Station Roko's basilisk, a thought experiment originating on the LessWrong blog Basilisk (cannon) HMAS Basilisk, a naval base HMS Basilisk, the name
Basilisk_(disambiguation)
American professor
AI Alignment in Academia, Coordination and Testing Intuitions — LessWrong". LessWrong. "David Krueger". CIFAR. Retrieved 2026-03-31. Krueger, David. "Rogue
David_Krueger_(professor)
Day of the year
Retrieved 26 September 2023. "LW Petrov Day 2022 (Monday, 9/26) – LessWrong". www.lesswrong.com. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-23. Wikimedia Commons
September_26
International animal nonprofit
cost-effectiveness of THL's online vegan advocacy ads has been analyzed on LessWrong and by negative utilitarian Brian Tomasik. Partly as a result of the Animal
The_Humane_League
Fan fiction of My Little Pony
the utilitarian level. The series cites arguments commonly found on the LessWrong forums about the inherent incompatibility between male and female desires
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan fiction
My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fan_fiction
ISBN 978-1-5416-1862-6. Yudkowsky, Eliezer (13 May 2007). "Scope Insensitivity". lesswrong.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023. Dickert, Stephan; Västfjäll, Daniel; Kleber
Psychological barriers to effective altruism
Psychological_barriers_to_effective_altruism
Artificial intelligence field of study
International Peace. Barnes, Beth (2021). "Risks from AI persuasion". Lesswrong. Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-23. Brundage
AI_safety
American AI safety researcher
2023). "A Field Guide to AI Safety". Asterisk Magazine. No. 3. Retrieved November 16, 2023. Personal website Paul Christiano's writings on LessWrong
Paul_Christiano
American rationality writer and speaker (born 1983)
Retrieved April 12, 2015. "New Rationality Blog: 'Measure of Doubt'". LessWrong. April 1, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2015. "Julia Galef". Religion Dispatches
Julia_Galef
Supplement and medication used to treat sleep disorders
034. PMC 7979486. PMID 33581247. Melatonin - Isomer Design Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know - Scott Alexander - LessWrong Portal: Medicine
Melatonin as a medication and supplement
Melatonin_as_a_medication_and_supplement
AI personality and codename
2023). "Microsoft/GitHub Copilot Chat's confidential system prompt". LessWrong. Retrieved 31 May 2025. Chapman, Glenn (18 February 2023). "Angry Bing
Sydney_(Microsoft)
Method of research
with differing views AI Magazine's AI Bookies column supports an adversarial approach to AI Research Lesswrong Has examples of adversarial collaboration
Adversarial_collaboration
American Magic: The Gathering player
Zvi Mowshowitz is an American writer and member of the rationalist community who primarily discusses new developments in artificial intelligence. He is
Zvi_Mowshowitz
Interpretable computational sub-graphs within artificial neural networks
Neel (2024-04-27). "Refusal in LLMs is mediated by a single direction". LessWrong. Retrieved 2026-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors
Circuit_(neural_network)
Practice of researchers trying procedures on themselves
maint: multiple names: authors list (link) "Making Vaccine - LessWrong". www.lesswrong.com. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-28. Zeitung, Süddeutsche
Self-experimentation in medicine
Self-experimentation_in_medicine
COVID-19 vaccine research organization
Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-29. "Making Vaccine - LessWrong". www.lesswrong.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20. RaDVaC - SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) vaccine
Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative
Rapid_Deployment_Vaccine_Collaborative
Methodology monograph applying Bayes's theorem to historical Jesus research
(PDF). JSHJ offprint. 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2025. Lukeprog (February 1, 2012). "Mini-review: Proving History". LessWrong. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
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