LessWrong (English Wikipedia)

Hermansson, Patrik; Lawrence, David; Mulhall, Joe; Murdoch, Simon (2020). "The Dark Enlightenment: Neoreaction and Silicon Valley". The International Alt-Right. Fascism for the 21st Century?. Abingdon-on-Thames, England, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138363861. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
Lagerros, J.; Pace, B.; LessWrong.com (2020). A Map That Reflects the Territory: Essays by the LessWrong Community. Center for Applied Rationality. ISBN 9781736128503.
Pace, B.; LessWrong (2021). The Engines of Cognition: Essays by the LessWrong Community. Center for Applied Rationality. ISBN 9781736128510.

businessinsider.com

Miller, James (28 July 2011). "You Can Learn How To Become More Rational". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
Love, Dylan (6 August 2014). "WARNING: Just Reading About This Thought Experiment Could Ruin Your Life". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

doi.org

Gasarch, William (2022). "Review of "A Map that Reflects the Territory: Essays by the LessWrong Community"". ACM SIGACT News. 53 (1): 13–24. doi:10.1145/3532737.3532741. Users wrote reviews of the best posts of 2018, and voted on them using the quadratic voting system, popularized by Glen Weyl and Vitalik Buterin. From the 2000+ posts published that year, the Review narrowed down the 44 most interesting and valuable posts.
Gasarch, William (2022). "Review of "The Engines of Cognition: Essays by the Less Wrong Community"". ACM SIGACT News. 53 (3): 6–16. doi:10.1145/3561066.3561064 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)

effectivealtruism.org

forum.effectivealtruism.org

Moss, David (20 May 2021). "EA Survey 2020: How People Get Involved in EA". Effective Altruism Forum. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

fusion.net

Keep, Elmo (22 June 2016). "The Strange and Conflicting World Views of Silicon Valley Billionaire Peter Thiel". Fusion. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2016. Thanks to LessWrong's discussions of eugenics and evolutionary psychology, it has attracted some readers and commenters affiliated with the alt-right and neoreaction, that broad cohort of neofascist, white nationalist and misogynist trolls.

lesswrong.com

"Welcome to LessWrong!". LessWrong. 14 June 2019.
"Sequences Highlights". LessWrong. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
"2023 Survey Results". LessWrong. 16 February 2024.

wiki.lesswrong.com

"Less Wrong FAQ". LessWrong. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
"Where did Less Wrong come from? (LessWrong FAQ)". Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

newyorker.com

Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (9 July 2020). "Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley's War Against the Media". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Newport, Cal (15 March 2024). "Can an A.I. Make Plans?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

observer.com

Tiku, Nitasha (25 July 2012). "Faith, Hope, and Singularity: Entering the Matrix with New York's Futurist Set". Observer. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

semafor.com

Chivers, Tom (22 November 2023). "What we've learned about the robot apocalypse from the OpenAI debacle". Semafor. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024. Since the late 1990s those worries have become more specific, and coalesced around Nick Bostrom's 2014 book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies and Eliezer Yudkowsky's blog LessWrong.

slate.com

Auerbach, David (17 July 2014). "The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time". Slate. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

Riggio, Adam (23 September 2016). "The Violence of Pure Reason: Neoreaction: A Basilisk". Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 5 (9): 34–41. ISSN 2471-9560. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016. Land and Yarvin are openly allies with the new reactionary movement, while Yudkowsky counts many reactionaries among his fanbase despite finding their racist politics disgusting.

thebookseller.com

Cowdrey, Katherine (21 September 2017). "W&N wins Buzzfeed science reporter's debut after auction". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

theguardian.com

Burkeman, Oliver (9 March 2012). "This column will change your life: asked a tricky question? Answer an easier one". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

thetimes.com

Marriott, James (31 May 2019). "The AI Does Not Hate You by Tom Chivers review — why the nerds are nervous". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

tumblr.com

yudkowsky.tumblr.com

Eliezer Yudkowsky (8 April 2016). "Untitled". Optimize Literally Everything (blog). Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

web.archive.org

"Less Wrong FAQ". LessWrong. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
Miller, James (28 July 2011). "You Can Learn How To Become More Rational". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (9 July 2020). "Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley's War Against the Media". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
"Sequences Highlights". LessWrong. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
Burkeman, Oliver (9 March 2012). "This column will change your life: asked a tricky question? Answer an easier one". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
Tiku, Nitasha (25 July 2012). "Faith, Hope, and Singularity: Entering the Matrix with New York's Futurist Set". Observer. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
"Where did Less Wrong come from? (LessWrong FAQ)". Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
Chivers, Tom (22 November 2023). "What we've learned about the robot apocalypse from the OpenAI debacle". Semafor. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024. Since the late 1990s those worries have become more specific, and coalesced around Nick Bostrom's 2014 book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies and Eliezer Yudkowsky's blog LessWrong.
Cowdrey, Katherine (21 September 2017). "W&N wins Buzzfeed science reporter's debut after auction". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
Marriott, James (31 May 2019). "The AI Does Not Hate You by Tom Chivers review — why the nerds are nervous". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Moss, David (20 May 2021). "EA Survey 2020: How People Get Involved in EA". Effective Altruism Forum. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
Love, Dylan (6 August 2014). "WARNING: Just Reading About This Thought Experiment Could Ruin Your Life". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
Auerbach, David (17 July 2014). "The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time". Slate. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
Keep, Elmo (22 June 2016). "The Strange and Conflicting World Views of Silicon Valley Billionaire Peter Thiel". Fusion. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2016. Thanks to LessWrong's discussions of eugenics and evolutionary psychology, it has attracted some readers and commenters affiliated with the alt-right and neoreaction, that broad cohort of neofascist, white nationalist and misogynist trolls.
Riggio, Adam (23 September 2016). "The Violence of Pure Reason: Neoreaction: A Basilisk". Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 5 (9): 34–41. ISSN 2471-9560. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016. Land and Yarvin are openly allies with the new reactionary movement, while Yudkowsky counts many reactionaries among his fanbase despite finding their racist politics disgusting.
Eliezer Yudkowsky (8 April 2016). "Untitled". Optimize Literally Everything (blog). Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Hermansson, Patrik; Lawrence, David; Mulhall, Joe; Murdoch, Simon (2020). "The Dark Enlightenment: Neoreaction and Silicon Valley". The International Alt-Right. Fascism for the 21st Century?. Abingdon-on-Thames, England, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138363861. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
Ratliff, Evan (21 February 2025). "The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians". Wired. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025. Their collective exile from the rationalist community was virtually complete. They were banned from LessWrong.com, along with various CFAR meetups and conferences. An anonymous rationalist launched a site, Zizians.info, branding them "the Zizians" for the first time and warning that the group was a cult.

wired.com

Ratliff, Evan (21 February 2025). "The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians". Wired. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025. Their collective exile from the rationalist community was virtually complete. They were banned from LessWrong.com, along with various CFAR meetups and conferences. An anonymous rationalist launched a site, Zizians.info, branding them "the Zizians" for the first time and warning that the group was a cult.

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Newport, Cal (15 March 2024). "Can an A.I. Make Plans?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
Marriott, James (31 May 2019). "The AI Does Not Hate You by Tom Chivers review — why the nerds are nervous". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Riggio, Adam (23 September 2016). "The Violence of Pure Reason: Neoreaction: A Basilisk". Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 5 (9): 34–41. ISSN 2471-9560. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016. Land and Yarvin are openly allies with the new reactionary movement, while Yudkowsky counts many reactionaries among his fanbase despite finding their racist politics disgusting.