No­body does the thing that they are sup­pos­edly doing

Kaj_SotalaSep 23, 2017, 10:40 AM
62 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Blind Empiricism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 12, 2017, 10:07 PM
62 points
16 comments14 min readLW link

The An­thropic Prin­ci­ple: Five Short Examples

Optimization ProcessSep 26, 2017, 10:35 PM
61 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Seek Fair Ex­pec­ta­tions of Others’ Models

ZviOct 17, 2017, 2:30 PM
60 points
17 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Notes From an Apocalypse

ToggleSep 22, 2017, 5:10 AM
59 points
24 comments14 min readLW link

My IRB Nightmare

Scott AlexanderSep 28, 2017, 4:47 PM
59 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

Cash trans­fers are not nec­es­sar­ily wealth transfers

BenquoDec 1, 2017, 10:10 AM
59 points
36 comments11 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

‘X is not about Y’ is not about psychology

abramdemskiNov 11, 2017, 2:22 AM
58 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Ci­vil­ity Is Never Neutral

ozymandiasNov 22, 2017, 4:54 PM
57 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

The Atomic Bomb Con­sid­ered As Hun­gar­ian High School Science Fair Project

Scott AlexanderMay 26, 2017, 9:45 AM
56 points
10 comments14 min readLW link

Fre­quently Asked Ques­tions for Cen­tral Banks Un­der­shoot­ing Their In­fla­tion Target

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 29, 2017, 11:36 PM
56 points
30 comments35 min readLW link

Com­mon vs Ex­pert Jar­gon

RaemonSep 21, 2017, 3:05 AM
56 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

The AI Align­ment Prob­lem Has Already Been Solved(?) Once

SquirrelInHellApr 22, 2017, 1:24 PM
55 points
45 comments4 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Zero­ing Out

ZviNov 5, 2017, 4:10 PM
55 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Dar­win Results

ZviNov 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
53 points
10 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Writ­ing Down Conversations

RaemonDec 28, 2017, 10:08 PM
53 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­ject Hufflepuff

RaemonJan 18, 2017, 6:57 PM
51 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Lead­ers of Men

ZviOct 29, 2017, 6:10 PM
51 points
16 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Archipelago Model of Com­mu­nity Standards

RaemonNov 21, 2017, 3:21 AM
51 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

Straw Hufflepuffs and Lone Heroes

RaemonApr 16, 2017, 11:48 PM
50 points
63 comments5 min readLW link

Con­sid­er­a­tions On Cost Disease

Scott AlexanderFeb 10, 2017, 4:33 AM
50 points
7 comments22 min readLW link

Why I am not a Quaker (even though it of­ten seems as though I should be)

BenquoSep 26, 2017, 7:00 AM
49 points
18 comments16 min readLW link

Against EA PR

ozymandiasSep 21, 2017, 1:23 AM
48 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

The Right to be Wrong

sarahconstantinNov 28, 2017, 11:43 PM
48 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Against Shoot­ing Your­self in the Foot

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 16, 2017, 8:13 PM
47 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Against lone wolf self-improvement

cousin_itJul 7, 2017, 3:31 PM
46 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

80,000 Hours: EA and Highly Poli­ti­cal Causes

The_Jaded_OneJan 26, 2017, 9:44 PM
45 points
25 comments7 min readLW link

Ro­bust­ness as a Path to AI Alignment

abramdemskiOct 10, 2017, 8:14 AM
45 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Sequence

lifelonglearnerApr 26, 2017, 9:53 PM
45 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

The Lizard Peo­ple Of Alpha Dra­co­nis 1 De­cided To Build An Ansible

Scott AlexanderAug 10, 2017, 12:33 AM
45 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Alle­gory On AI Risk, Game The­ory, and Mithril

James_MillerFeb 13, 2017, 8:41 PM
45 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

Play in Hard Mode

ZviAug 26, 2017, 7:00 PM
45 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

The Dar­win Pregame

ZviNov 21, 2017, 1:10 AM
44 points
6 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Typ­i­cal Sex Life Fallacy

ozymandiasOct 7, 2017, 9:48 PM
44 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

Bring Back the Sabbath

ZviOct 7, 2017, 12:10 PM
43 points
16 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why is the sur­pris­ingly pop­u­lar an­swer cor­rect?

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 3, 2017, 4:24 PM
43 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Against Face­book: The Stalking

ZviSep 16, 2017, 12:41 PM
42 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Guard­ing Slack vs Substance

RaemonDec 13, 2017, 8:58 PM
42 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

What’s up with Ar­bital?

AlexeiMar 29, 2017, 5:22 PM
41 points
91 comments1 min readLW link

2017 AI Safety Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Com­par­i­son

LarksDec 24, 2017, 6:52 PM
41 points
5 comments23 min readLW link

Against the Lin­ear Utility Hy­poth­e­sis and the Lev­er­age Penalty

AlexMennenDec 14, 2017, 6:38 PM
41 points
47 comments11 min readLW link

In­tel­lec­tual Progress In­side and Out­side Academia

Ben PaceSep 2, 2017, 11:08 PM
40 points
5 comments14 min readLW link

Slack for your be­lief system

UnrealOct 26, 2017, 8:19 AM
40 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Ten small life improvements

paulfchristianoAug 20, 2017, 7:09 PM
40 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

The Ass­hole Filter

DragonGodOct 7, 2017, 4:51 PM
40 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(siderea.livejournal.com)

Im­prove­ment Without Superstition

Zachary JacobiDec 16, 2017, 8:01 PM
40 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

A Modern Myth

Scott AlexanderFeb 27, 2017, 5:29 PM
40 points
1 comment49 min readLW link

I Up­dated the List of Ra­tion­al­ist Blogs on the Wiki

sapphireApr 25, 2017, 10:26 AM
40 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

HOWTO: Screw Up The LessWrong Sur­vey and Bring Great Shame To Your Family

namespaceOct 8, 2017, 3:43 AM
39 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

I Vouch For MIRI

ZviDec 17, 2017, 5:50 PM
39 points
9 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)