Podcast Episodes
Back to Search"10 non-boring ways I’ve used AI in the last month" by habryka
I use AI assistance for basically all of my work, for many hours, every day. My colleagues do the same. Recent surveys suggest >50% of Americans hav…
5 months ago
"Feel like a room has bad vibes? The lighting is probably too “spiky” or too blue" by habryka
I have now had a few years of experience doing architectural and interior design for many spaces that people seem to really love (most widely known …
5 months ago
"Quality Matters Most When Stakes are Highest" by LawrenceC
Or, the end of the world is no excuse for sloppy work
One morning when I was nine, my dad called me over to his computer. He wanted to show me this …
5 months ago
"Reevaluating AGI Ruin in 2026" by lc
It's been about four years since Eliezer Yudkowsky published AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities, a 43-point list of reasons the default outcome from bu…
5 months ago
"Having OCD is like living in North Korea (Here’s how I escaped)" by Declan Molony
[Author's note: this post is the narrative version that explains my journey with OCD and how I treated it. The short version provides quick, actiona…
5 months ago
"There are only four skills: design, technical, management and physical" by habryka
Epistemic status: Completely schizo galaxy-brained theory
Lightcone[1] operates on a "generalist" philosophy. Most of our full-time staff have the t…
5 months ago
"Meaningful Questions Have Return Types" by Drake Morrison
One way intellectual progress stalls is when you are asking the Wrong Questions. Your question is nonsensical, or cuts against the way reality works…
5 months ago
"Carpathia Day" by Drake Morrison
(The better telling is here. Seriously you should go read it. I've heard this story told in rationalist circles, but there wasn't a post on LessWron…
5 months ago
"Let goodness conquer all that it can defend" by habryka
Epistemic status: All of the western canon must eventually be re-invented in a LessWrong post, so today we are re-inventing modernism.
In my post ye…
5 months ago
"Do not conquer what you cannot defend" by habryka
Epistemic status: All of the western canon must eventually be re-invented in a LessWrong post. So today we are re-inventing federalism.
Once upon a …
5 months, 1 week ago