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Anti-so­cial Punishment

Martin SustrikSep 27, 2018, 7:08 AM
322 points
66 comments6 min readLW link3 reviews

The Pavlov Strategy

sarahconstantinDec 20, 2018, 4:20 PM
280 points
14 comments4 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

My at­tempt to ex­plain Look­ing, in­sight med­i­ta­tion, and en­light­en­ment in non-mys­te­ri­ous terms

Kaj_SotalaMar 8, 2018, 7:37 AM
237 points
140 comments17 min readLW link2 reviews

A vot­ing the­ory primer for rationalists

Jameson QuinnApr 12, 2018, 3:15 PM
235 points
99 comments17 min readLW link2 reviews

Embed­ded Agents

abramdemski and Scott Garrabrant
Oct 29, 2018, 7:53 PM
234 points
42 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

Ar­bital postmortem

alexeiJan 30, 2018, 1:48 PM
230 points
110 comments19 min readLW link

The In­tel­li­gent So­cial Web

ValentineFeb 22, 2018, 6:55 PM
230 points
112 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews

The Rocket Align­ment Problem

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 4, 2018, 12:38 AM
228 points
44 comments15 min readLW link2 reviews

Lo­cal Val­idity as a Key to San­ity and Civilization

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 7, 2018, 4:25 AM
224 points
68 comments13 min readLW link5 reviews

Notic­ing the Taste of Lotus

ValentineApr 27, 2018, 8:05 PM
220 points
81 comments3 min readLW link3 reviews

A LessWrong Crypto Autopsy

Scott AlexanderJan 28, 2018, 9:01 AM
219 points
129 comments4 min readLW link4 reviews

Spaghetti Towers

eukaryoteDec 22, 2018, 5:29 AM
213 points
38 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Babble

alkjashJan 10, 2018, 9:56 PM
213 points
33 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

A Sketch of Good Communication

Ben PaceMar 31, 2018, 10:48 PM
208 points
36 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Embed­ded Agency (full-text ver­sion)

Scott Garrabrant and abramdemski
Nov 15, 2018, 7:49 PM
208 points
17 comments54 min readLW link

The Costly Co­or­di­na­tion Mechanism of Com­mon Knowledge

Ben PaceMar 15, 2018, 8:20 PM
205 points
31 comments20 min readLW link2 reviews

Norms of Mem­ber­ship for Vol­un­tary Groups

sarahconstantinDec 11, 2018, 10:10 PM
192 points
10 comments7 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Is Click­bait De­stroy­ing Our Gen­eral In­tel­li­gence?

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 16, 2018, 11:06 PM
191 points
65 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

Real­ism about rationality

Richard_NgoSep 16, 2018, 10:46 AM
191 points
147 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Un­rol­ling so­cial metacog­ni­tion: Three lev­els of meta are not enough.

AcademianAug 25, 2018, 12:00 PM
191 points
44 comments7 min readLW link1 review

“Cheat to Win”: Eng­ineer­ing Pos­i­tive So­cial Feedback

sarahconstantinFeb 5, 2018, 11:16 PM
190 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

2018 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

LarksDec 18, 2018, 4:46 AM
190 points
26 comments62 min readLW link1 review

The Loud­est Alarm Is Prob­a­bly False

orthonormalJan 2, 2018, 4:38 PM
187 points
28 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Act of Charity

jessicataNov 17, 2018, 5:19 AM
186 points
49 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Inad­e­quate Equil­ibria vs. Gover­nance of the Commons

Martin SustrikMay 25, 2018, 1:17 PM
185 points
17 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews

Tran­shu­man­ism as Sim­plified Humanism

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 5, 2018, 8:12 PM
179 points
34 comments5 min readLW link

Toolbox-think­ing and Law-thinking

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 31, 2018, 9:28 PM
178 points
49 comments12 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Com­mu­nity Hub in Moscow: 3 Years Retrospective

Slava MatyukhinAug 25, 2018, 12:28 AM
172 points
25 comments16 min readLW link

De­cou­pling vs Con­tex­tu­al­is­ing Norms

Chris_LeongMay 14, 2018, 10:44 PM
170 points
52 comments2 min readLW link3 reviews

In­cor­rect hy­pothe­ses point to cor­rect observations

Kaj_SotalaNov 20, 2018, 9:10 PM
169 points
40 comments4 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets: When Do They Work?

ZviJul 26, 2018, 12:30 PM
169 points
19 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Some cruxes on im­pact­ful al­ter­na­tives to AI policy work

Richard_NgoOct 10, 2018, 1:35 PM
165 points
13 comments12 min readLW link

An Un­trol­lable Math­e­mat­i­cian Illustrated

abramdemskiMar 20, 2018, 12:00 AM
165 points
38 comments1 min readLW link1 review

The Tails Com­ing Apart As Me­taphor For Life

Scott AlexanderSep 25, 2018, 7:10 PM
161 points
39 comments7 min readLW link4 reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)

Prob­lem Solv­ing with Mazes and Crayon

johnswentworthJun 19, 2018, 6:15 AM
152 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

Be­ing a Ro­bust Agent

RaemonOct 18, 2018, 7:00 AM
151 points
32 comments7 min readLW link2 reviews

Ter­ror­ism, Tylenol, and dan­ger­ous information

Davis_KingsleyMay 12, 2018, 10:20 AM
149 points
47 comments3 min readLW link

Strate­gies for Per­sonal Growth

RaemonJul 28, 2018, 6:27 PM
149 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Oops on Com­mod­ity Prices

sarahconstantinJun 10, 2018, 3:40 PM
148 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Ex­pres­sive Vocabulary

AlicornMay 24, 2018, 6:59 AM
148 points
71 comments5 min readLW link1 review

His­tor­i­cal math­e­mat­i­ci­ans ex­hibit a birth or­der effect too

Eli TyreAug 21, 2018, 1:52 AM
146 points
20 comments6 min readLW link2 reviews

Meta-Hon­esty: Firm­ing Up Hon­esty Around Its Edge-Cases

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 29, 2018, 12:59 AM
142 points
155 comments27 min readLW link4 reviews

Beyond Astro­nom­i­cal Waste

Wei DaiJun 7, 2018, 9:04 PM
139 points
41 comments3 min readLW link

Co­her­ence ar­gu­ments do not en­tail goal-di­rected behavior

Rohin ShahDec 3, 2018, 3:26 AM
134 points
69 comments7 min readLW link3 reviews

Nam­ing the Nameless

sarahconstantinMar 22, 2018, 12:35 AM
133 points
43 comments13 min readLW link3 reviews

Mak­ing your­self small

HelenMar 8, 2018, 2:26 PM
132 points
54 comments11 min readLW link

Is Science Slow­ing Down?

Scott AlexanderNov 27, 2018, 3:30 AM
131 points
77 comments9 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

Con­trite Strate­gies and The Need For Standards

sarahconstantinDec 24, 2018, 6:30 PM
131 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

On Do­ing the Improbable

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 28, 2018, 8:09 PM
130 points
36 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Ro­bust­ness to Scale

Scott GarrabrantFeb 21, 2018, 10:55 PM
130 points
23 comments2 min readLW link1 review