Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selec­tive Re­port­ing and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists

Zack_M_DavisSep 24, 2019, 4:12 AM
308 points
40 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

The Zet­telkas­ten Method

abramdemskiSep 20, 2019, 1:15 PM
221 points
90 comments42 min readLW link3 reviews

The un­ex­pected difficulty of com­par­ing AlphaS­tar to humans

Richard Korzekwa Sep 18, 2019, 2:20 AM
145 points
36 comments26 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

Honor­ing Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2019

Ben PaceSep 26, 2019, 9:10 AM
137 points
168 comments4 min readLW link

Utility ≠ Reward

Vlad MikulikSep 5, 2019, 5:28 PM
131 points
24 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

AI Safety “Suc­cess Sto­ries”

Wei DaiSep 7, 2019, 2:54 AM
126 points
27 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Gears vs Behavior

johnswentworthSep 19, 2019, 6:50 AM
120 points
14 comments7 min readLW link1 review

What is op­er­a­tions?

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Sep 26, 2019, 2:16 PM
112 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Sys­tem 2 as work­ing-mem­ory aug­mented Sys­tem 1 reasoning

Kaj_SotalaSep 25, 2019, 8:39 AM
110 points
23 comments16 min readLW link

The Power to De­mol­ish Bad Arguments

LironSep 2, 2019, 12:57 PM
100 points
84 comments11 min readLW link6 reviews

Refram­ing Impact

TurnTroutSep 20, 2019, 7:03 PM
98 points
15 comments1 min readLW link1 review

The Power to Judge Startup Ideas

LironSep 4, 2019, 3:07 PM
94 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

Refram­ing the evolu­tion­ary benefit of sex

paulfchristianoSep 14, 2019, 5:00 PM
92 points
21 comments2 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Mee­tups as In­sti­tu­tions for In­tel­lec­tual Progress

mingyuanSep 17, 2019, 5:23 AM
91 points
26 comments7 min readLW link

The Power to Teach Con­cepts Better

LironSep 23, 2019, 12:21 AM
91 points
23 comments8 min readLW link1 review

How Speci­fic­ity Works

LironSep 3, 2019, 12:11 PM
90 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Ex­er­cises Prize of Septem­ber 2019 ($1,000)

Ben PaceSep 11, 2019, 12:19 AM
89 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

A Cri­tique of Func­tional De­ci­sion Theory

wdmacaskillSep 13, 2019, 7:23 PM
87 points
56 comments21 min readLW link

Bioinfohazards

SpiracularSep 17, 2019, 2:41 AM
87 points
14 comments18 min readLW link2 reviews

Novum Or­ganum: Introduction

RubySep 19, 2019, 10:34 PM
86 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

The strat­egy-steal­ing assumption

paulfchristianoSep 16, 2019, 3:23 PM
86 points
54 comments12 min readLW link3 reviews

Speci­fic­ity: Your Brain’s Superpower

LironSep 2, 2019, 12:53 PM
85 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How Much is Your Time Worth?

lynettebyeSep 2, 2019, 6:19 AM
79 points
22 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Fol­low-Up to Petrov Day, 2019

Ben PaceSep 27, 2019, 11:47 PM
78 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Are min­i­mal cir­cuits de­cep­tive?

evhubSep 7, 2019, 6:11 PM
78 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Don’t de­pend on oth­ers to ask for explanations

Wei DaiSep 18, 2019, 7:12 PM
77 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Par­tial Agency

abramdemskiSep 27, 2019, 10:04 PM
75 points
18 comments9 min readLW link

Con­crete ex­per­i­ments in in­ner alignment

evhubSep 6, 2019, 10:16 PM
74 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

A sim­ple en­vi­ron­ment for show­ing mesa misalignment

Matthew BarnettSep 26, 2019, 4:44 AM
74 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

At­tain­able Utility The­ory: Why Things Matter

TurnTroutSep 27, 2019, 4:48 PM
73 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

De­duc­ing Impact

TurnTroutSep 24, 2019, 9:14 PM
72 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Chris­ti­ano de­ci­sion the­ory excerpt

Rob BensingerSep 29, 2019, 2:55 AM
71 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Value Impact

TurnTroutSep 23, 2019, 12:47 AM
70 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Modes of Petrov Day

RaemonSep 17, 2019, 2:47 AM
69 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Re­laxed ad­ver­sar­ial train­ing for in­ner alignment

evhubSep 10, 2019, 11:03 PM
69 points
27 comments27 min readLW link

The YouTube Revolu­tion in Knowl­edge Transfer

Samo BurjaSep 17, 2019, 8:10 PM
68 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Shal­low Re­view of Con­sis­tency in State­ment Evaluation

ElizabethSep 9, 2019, 11:21 PM
65 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

Candy for Nets

jefftkSep 29, 2019, 11:10 AM
63 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Age gaps and Birth or­der: Failed re­pro­duc­tion of results

BuckySep 7, 2019, 7:22 PM
59 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

In­te­grat­ing the Lindy Effect

lsusrSep 7, 2019, 5:38 PM
54 points
11 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Novum Or­ganum: Preface

Francis BaconSep 19, 2019, 10:51 PM
54 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Or­a­cles = on­line su­per­vised learn­ing with ran­dom se­lec­tion of train­ing episodes

Wei DaiSep 10, 2019, 8:29 AM
52 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity as Min­i­mal Map

johnswentworthSep 1, 2019, 7:19 PM
52 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

Free Money at Pre­dic­tIt?

ZviSep 26, 2019, 4:10 PM
49 points
17 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Age gaps and Birth or­der: Reanalysis

BuckySep 7, 2019, 7:33 PM
48 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Do Suffi­ciently Ad­vanced Agents Use Logic?

abramdemskiSep 13, 2019, 7:53 PM
48 points
10 comments9 min readLW link

Free-to-Play Games: Three Key Trade-Offs

ZviSep 10, 2019, 12:10 PM
47 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Real­ism and Rationality

bmgarfinkelSep 16, 2019, 3:09 AM
45 points
50 comments23 min readLW link

Con­ver­sa­tion with Paul Christiano

abergalSep 11, 2019, 11:20 PM
44 points
6 comments30 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

Towards an em­piri­cal in­ves­ti­ga­tion of in­ner alignment

evhubSep 23, 2019, 8:43 PM
44 points
9 comments6 min readLW link