LessWrong/ideas

Purpose

This page is for indexing, summarizing, and further discussion of ideas brought up on LessWrong.

Terminology

• /AI
• /Bayesian statistics
  • /Bayesianism
• /bias
• /cryonics
• /consequentialism
• /frequentism
• /friendly AI
• /heuristic
• /instrumental value (cf /terminal value)
• /meta-ethics
• /rationality
• /reductionism
• /terminal value (cf /instrumental value)
• /unfriendly AI

Sequences

Many of the key ideas under discussion at LW are first put forth in the form of a "sequence", or a series of blog posts. These are often presented in the form of fiction, and consequently it may be rather time-consuming if all you really want is to understand the essential idea(s) being set forth in the writing.

The central ideas behind LW sequences may be summarized here.

• /Three Worlds Collide