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Taboo “Outside View”

Daniel KokotajloJun 17, 2021, 9:36 AM

351 points

33 comments8 min readLW link 3 reviews

Intentionally Making Close Friends

Neel NandaJun 27, 2021, 11:06 PM

290 points

35 comments18 min readLW link 1 review

(www.neelnanda.io)

Precognition

jasoncrawfordJun 14, 2021, 12:38 AM

234 points

35 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

(jasoncrawford.org)

Two non-obvious lessons from microcovid.org

catherioJun 24, 2021, 2:35 AM

196 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Social behavior curves, equilibria, and radicalism

Eric NeymanJun 5, 2021, 1:39 AM

190 points

18 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Power dynamics as a blind spot or blurry spot in our collective world-modeling, especially around AI

Andrew_CritchJun 1, 2021, 6:45 PM

189 points

26 comments6 min readLW link

The Point of Trade

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 22, 2021, 5:56 PM

178 points

77 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

The Apprentice Experiment

johnswentworthJun 10, 2021, 3:29 AM

153 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

An Intuitive Guide to Garrabrant Induction

Mark XuJun 3, 2021, 10:21 PM

149 points

20 comments24 min readLW link

Alcohol, health, and the ruthless logic of the Asian flush

dynomightJun 4, 2021, 6:14 PM

149 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

(dynomight.net)

Selection Has A Quality Ceiling

johnswentworthJun 2, 2021, 6:25 PM

148 points

18 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Irrational Modesty

Tomás B.Jun 20, 2021, 7:38 PM

142 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

The Apprentice Thread

ZviJun 17, 2021, 1:10 PM

139 points

59 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Reward Is Not Enough

Steven ByrnesJun 16, 2021, 1:52 PM

124 points

19 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

On the limits of idealized values

Joe CarlsmithJun 22, 2021, 2:10 AM

116 points

20 comments35 min readLW link

Book review: “Feeling Great” by David Burns

Steven ByrnesJun 9, 2021, 1:17 PM

106 points

12 comments8 min readLW link

Why did we wait so long for the threshing machine?

jasoncrawfordJun 29, 2021, 7:55 PM

104 points

20 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

(rootsofprogress.org)

Frequent arguments about alignment

John SchulmanJun 23, 2021, 12:46 AM

103 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Attributions, Karma and better discoverability for wiki/tag features

jimrandomh and habryka

Jun 2, 2021, 11:47 PM

93 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Scaling Networks of Trust

Henrik KarlssonJun 22, 2021, 4:57 AM

92 points

21 comments10 min readLW link

Bad names make you open the box

Adam ZernerJun 9, 2021, 3:19 AM

91 points

52 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

Covid 6/17: One Last Scare

ZviJun 17, 2021, 6:40 PM

86 points

42 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Thoughts on the Alignment Implications of Scaling Language Models

leogaoJun 2, 2021, 9:32 PM

82 points

11 comments17 min readLW link

Search-in-Territory vs Search-in-Map

johnswentworthJun 5, 2021, 11:22 PM

77 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

Discussion: Objective Robustness and Inner Alignment Terminology

jbkjr and Lauro Langosco

Jun 23, 2021, 11:25 PM

73 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

Rogue AGI Embodies Valuable Intellectual Property

Mark Xu and CarlShulman

Jun 3, 2021, 8:37 PM

71 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Environmental Structure Can Cause Instrumental Convergence

TurnTroutJun 22, 2021, 10:26 PM

71 points

43 comments16 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

The Alignment Forum should have more transparent membership standards

Peter HaseJun 4, 2021, 6:25 AM

68 points

43 comments5 min readLW link

“Existential risk from AI” survey results

Rob BensingerJun 1, 2021, 8:02 PM

66 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Big picture of phasic dopamine

Steven ByrnesJun 8, 2021, 1:07 PM

66 points

22 comments36 min readLW link

Survey on AI existential risk scenarios

Sam Clarke, apc and Jonas Schuett

Jun 8, 2021, 5:12 PM

65 points

11 comments7 min readLW link

Announcing the Replacing Guilt audiobook

gianlucatrudaJun 25, 2021, 1:38 PM

65 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Would you like me to debug your math?

GurkenglasJun 11, 2021, 10:54 AM

65 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Five Suggestions For Rationality Research and Development

LoganStrohlJun 14, 2021, 1:09 AM

64 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Empirical Observations of Objective Robustness Failures

jbkjr and Lauro Langosco

Jun 23, 2021, 11:23 PM

63 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

Comment on the lab leak hypothesis

Jeffrey LadishJun 11, 2021, 10:49 PM

63 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

Looking Deeper at Deconfusion

adamShimiJun 13, 2021, 9:29 PM

62 points

13 comments15 min readLW link

The value of low-conscientiousness people on teams

CraigMichaelJun 14, 2021, 2:06 AM

60 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 9 - Finite Factored Sets with Scott Garrabrant

DanielFilanJun 24, 2021, 10:10 PM

59 points

2 comments59 min readLW link

Intro to Debt Crises

Connor_FlexmanJun 28, 2021, 11:50 PM

59 points

5 comments10 min readLW link

Experiments with a random clock

MalmesburyJun 13, 2021, 5:08 PM

58 points

12 comments7 min readLW link

(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

Covid 6/10: Somebody Else’s Problem

ZviJun 10, 2021, 1:10 PM

57 points

26 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why did no LessWrong discourse on gain of function research develop in 2013/2014?

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 11:35 PM

56 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How will OpenAI + GitHub’s Copilot affect programming?

smountjoyJun 29, 2021, 4:42 PM

55 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on War: Grand Strategy

johnswentworthJun 18, 2021, 10:55 PM

55 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

Fauci’s Emails and the Lab Leak Hypothesis

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 1:55 PM

53 points

12 comments14 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 6: Mechwarrior

lsusrJun 7, 2021, 8:20 PM

52 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

The Moon is Down; I have not heard the clock

chemslugJun 13, 2021, 1:40 AM

52 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

We need a standard set of community advice for how to financially prepare for AGI

GeneSmithJun 7, 2021, 7:24 AM

51 points

52 comments5 min readLW link

Reinforcing Habits

lynettebyeJun 21, 2021, 10:41 AM

50 points

4 comments4 min readLW link