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The Parable of Predict-O-Matic
abramdemski
15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC
245
points
41
comments
14
min read
LW
link
5
nominations
4
reviews
What failure looks like
paulfchristiano
17 Mar 2019 20:18 UTC
240
points
48
comments
8
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists
Zack_M_Davis
24 Sep 2019 4:12 UTC
223
points
37
comments
8
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Kaj_Sotala
8 Oct 2019 19:11 UTC
222
points
32
comments
21
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
3
reviews
Welcome to LessWrong!
Ruby
,
habryka
,
Ben Pace
,
Raemon
and
jimrandomh
14 Jun 2019 19:42 UTC
209
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Being the (Pareto) Best in the World
johnswentworth
24 Jun 2019 18:36 UTC
208
points
46
comments
3
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
3
reviews
Is Rationalist Self-Improvement Real?
Jacob Falkovich
9 Dec 2019 17:11 UTC
203
points
73
comments
11
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
3
reviews
Personalized Medicine For Real
sarahconstantin
4 Mar 2019 22:40 UTC
201
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
How to Ignore Your Emotions (while also thinking you’re awesome at emotions)
Hazard
31 Jul 2019 13:34 UTC
200
points
67
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
4
reviews
“Other people are wrong” vs “I am right”
Buck
22 Feb 2019 20:01 UTC
199
points
19
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
Alignment Research Field Guide
abramdemski
8 Mar 2019 19:57 UTC
199
points
9
comments
17
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
The Zettelkasten Method
abramdemski
20 Sep 2019 13:15 UTC
193
points
77
comments
42
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
3
reviews
Debate on Instrumental Convergence between LeCun, Russell, Bengio, Zador, and More
Ben Pace
4 Oct 2019 4:08 UTC
176
points
54
comments
15
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
Building up to an Internal Family Systems model
Kaj_Sotala
26 Jan 2019 12:25 UTC
174
points
84
comments
28
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
The 3 Books Technique for Learning a New Skilll
Matt Goldenberg
9 Jan 2019 12:45 UTC
172
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Asymmetric Justice
Zvi
25 Apr 2019 16:00 UTC
169
points
96
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Steelmanning Divination
Vaniver
5 Jun 2019 22:53 UTC
164
points
47
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence
abramdemski
8 Jun 2019 23:07 UTC
159
points
21
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences
sarahconstantin
25 Feb 2019 20:40 UTC
156
points
34
comments
6
min read
LW
link
4
nominations
1
review
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Jeff Hawkins on neuromorphic AGI within 20 years
Steven Byrnes
15 Jul 2019 19:16 UTC
155
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
nomination
Yes Requires the Possibility of No
Scott Garrabrant
17 May 2019 22:39 UTC
153
points
49
comments
2
min read
LW
link
6
nominations
2
reviews
Rest Days vs Recovery Days
Unreal
19 Mar 2019 22:37 UTC
150
points
33
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
Power Buys You Distance From The Crime
Elizabeth
2 Aug 2019 20:50 UTC
148
points
75
comments
7
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
(acesounderglass.com)
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
30 Sep 2019 1:24 UTC
148
points
35
comments
8
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
2
reviews
Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits
johnswentworth
5 Nov 2019 6:49 UTC
147
points
22
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
Some Thoughts on My Psychiatry Practice
Laura B
16 Jan 2019 23:16 UTC
144
points
43
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success
Scott Alexander
5 Jun 2019 6:50 UTC
144
points
17
comments
25
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
2
reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)
RAISE post-mortem
toonalfrink
24 Nov 2019 16:19 UTC
144
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rule Thinkers In, Not Out
Scott Alexander
27 Feb 2019 2:40 UTC
142
points
59
comments
4
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
4
reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)
Risks from Learned Optimization: Introduction
evhub
,
Chris van Merwijk
,
vlad_m
,
Joar Skalse
and
Scott Garrabrant
31 May 2019 23:44 UTC
140
points
40
comments
12
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
3
reviews
Make more land
jefftk
16 Oct 2019 11:20 UTC
140
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
5
reviews
(www.jefftk.com)
Chris Olah’s views on AGI safety
evhub
1 Nov 2019 20:13 UTC
140
points
38
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
The Costs of Reliability
sarahconstantin
20 Jul 2019 1:20 UTC
139
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Moloch Hasn’t Won
Zvi
28 Dec 2019 16:30 UTC
138
points
37
comments
7
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Integrity and accountability are core parts of rationality
habryka
15 Jul 2019 20:22 UTC
136
points
66
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
Honoring Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2019
Ben Pace
26 Sep 2019 9:10 UTC
136
points
169
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The unexpected difficulty of comparing AlphaStar to humans
Richard Korzekwa
18 Sep 2019 2:20 UTC
133
points
34
comments
26
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
(aiimpacts.org)
Seeking Power is Often Robustly Instrumental in MDPs
TurnTrout
and
elriggs
5 Dec 2019 2:33 UTC
133
points
34
comments
17
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
(arxiv.org)
Reason isn’t magic
Benquo
18 Jun 2019 4:04 UTC
130
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
3
reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Understanding “Deep Double Descent”
evhub
6 Dec 2019 0:00 UTC
130
points
40
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
4
reviews
The Amish, and Strategic Norms around Technology
Raemon
24 Mar 2019 22:16 UTC
129
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
2019 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
19 Dec 2019 3:00 UTC
129
points
18
comments
62
min read
LW
link
From Personal to Prison Gangs: Enforcing Prosocial Behavior
johnswentworth
24 Jan 2019 18:07 UTC
127
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
The Relationship Between the Village and the Mission
Raemon
12 May 2019 21:09 UTC
126
points
68
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Paper-Reading for Gears
johnswentworth
4 Dec 2019 21:02 UTC
126
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
The Schelling Choice is “Rabbit”, not “Stag”
Raemon
8 Jun 2019 0:24 UTC
125
points
53
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
3
reviews
The Forces of Blandness and the Disagreeable Majority
sarahconstantin
28 Apr 2019 19:44 UTC
124
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Disentangling arguments for the importance of AI safety
Richard_Ngo
21 Jan 2019 12:41 UTC
123
points
23
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 May 2019 21:33 UTC
123
points
80
comments
26
min read
LW
link
3
nominations
3
reviews
Evolution of Modularity
johnswentworth
14 Nov 2019 6:49 UTC
123
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
1
review
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