Fac­tors of men­tal and phys­i­cal abil­ities—a statis­ti­cal analysis

dynomightAug 17, 2021, 8:42 PM
49 points
25 comments8 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

In­tro­duc­tion to Re­duc­ing Goodhart

Charlie SteinerAug 26, 2021, 6:38 PM
48 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Two AI-risk-re­lated game de­sign ideas

Daniel KokotajloAug 5, 2021, 1:36 PM
48 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Power vs Precision

abramdemskiAug 16, 2021, 6:34 PM
48 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Value load­ing in the hu­man brain: a worked example

Steven ByrnesAug 4, 2021, 5:20 PM
45 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

The Roots of Progress is now a non­profit organization

jasoncrawfordAug 23, 2021, 9:33 PM
44 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

A Small Vacation

DanBAug 29, 2021, 7:55 PM
44 points
21 comments8 min readLW link

Seek­ing Power is Con­ver­gently In­stru­men­tal in a Broad Class of Environments

TurnTroutAug 8, 2021, 2:02 AM
44 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

Ran­dal Koene on brain un­der­stand­ing be­fore whole brain emulation

Steven ByrnesAug 23, 2021, 8:59 PM
44 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

An Open Let­ter To My­self On How To Not Get Any Work Done.

HarryOAug 23, 2021, 7:18 AM
43 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Train­ing Bet­ter Ra­tion­al­ists?

Davis_KingsleyAug 5, 2021, 11:13 AM
42 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion Assets

ozziegooenAug 24, 2021, 4:32 AM
42 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

What does GPT-3 un­der­stand? Sym­bol ground­ing and Chi­nese rooms

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 3, 2021, 1:14 PM
40 points
15 comments12 min readLW link

Gen­er­a­tor Sys­tems: Coin­ci­dent Constraints

J BostockAug 23, 2021, 8:37 PM
39 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Begin­ning of Infinity

Sam EnrightAug 9, 2021, 9:53 PM
39 points
16 comments32 min readLW link

Tran­si­tive Tol­er­ance Means Intolerance

orthonormalAug 14, 2021, 5:52 PM
39 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Who de­cides what should be worked on?

Aglaya IvanovnaAug 1, 2021, 5:26 PM
39 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Incentive

aysajanAug 27, 2021, 7:22 PM
38 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What made the UK COVID-19 case count drop?

ChristianKlAug 2, 2021, 1:01 PM
38 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­pli­ca­tions for De­con­fus­ing Goal-Directedness

adamShimiAug 8, 2021, 1:05 PM
38 points
3 comments5 min readLW link1 review

For me the Chris­ti­an­ity deal-breaker was meekness

tcelferactAug 26, 2021, 2:25 PM
38 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Bistability

johnswentworthAug 12, 2021, 4:51 AM
37 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

Art Meet

AlicornAug 4, 2021, 11:40 PM
37 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Altru­ism Un­der Ex­treme Uncertainty

lsusrAug 27, 2021, 6:58 AM
37 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Align­ment Re­search = Con­cep­tual Align­ment Re­search + Ap­plied Align­ment Research

adamShimiAug 30, 2021, 9:13 PM
37 points
14 comments5 min readLW link

Brain-Com­puter In­ter­faces and AI Alignment

niplavAug 28, 2021, 7:48 PM
36 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Metafore­cast up­date: Bet­ter search, cap­ture func­tion­al­ity, more plat­forms.

NunoSempereAug 16, 2021, 6:31 PM
35 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing the Land­scape of Scien­tific Minds (Let my Peo­ple Go)

rogersbaconAug 19, 2021, 4:21 PM
34 points
21 comments12 min readLW link

A Bet­ter Web is Coming

mattoAug 21, 2021, 8:46 PM
34 points
20 comments6 min readLW link

In Most Mar­kets, Lower Risk Means Higher Reward

dawangyAug 13, 2021, 5:32 PM
33 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Au­gust 2021: The Or­a­cle and the Monk

abstractapplicAug 13, 2021, 10:36 PM
33 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Au­gust 2021 Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicAug 23, 2021, 10:49 PM
33 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What was my mis­take eval­u­at­ing risk in this situ­a­tion?

Andrew VlahosAug 3, 2021, 2:54 AM
33 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Timescale Separation

johnswentworthAug 19, 2021, 6:27 PM
32 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

New GPT-3 competitor

Quintin PopeAug 12, 2021, 7:05 AM
32 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The Solow-Swan model of eco­nomic growth

Matthew BarnettAug 29, 2021, 6:55 PM
31 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

What are some beau­tiful, ra­tio­nal­ist sounds?

DirectedEvolutionAug 6, 2021, 1:22 AM
31 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Re­cent Haitian Assassination

Tim LiptrotAug 6, 2021, 3:00 PM
31 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Should doc­tors be neu­tral?

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Aug 4, 2021, 8:37 PM
31 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

In­ter­est in Biosta­sis: Much More Than You Wanted to Know. (Re­sults from the ACX 2021 Biosta­sis/​Cry­on­ics Sur­vey)

SynapticAug 11, 2021, 12:43 AM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(synopticz.github.io)

Found­ing a ra­tio­nal­ist group at the Univer­sity of Michigan

DirectedEvolutionAug 11, 2021, 7:07 PM
30 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the sta­tus of third vac­cine doses?

Alex_AltairAug 4, 2021, 2:22 AM
30 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Equanimity

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 16, 2021, 4:51 PM
30 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

A tax­on­omy of co­or­di­na­tion problems

damiensnyderAug 22, 2021, 11:10 PM
30 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

18 pos­si­ble mean­ings of “I Like Red”

ozziegooenAug 23, 2021, 11:25 PM
29 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Could you have stopped Ch­er­nobyl?

Carlos RamirezAug 27, 2021, 1:48 AM
29 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

You are in­vited to ap­ply to the Guild of the ROSE

moridinamaelAug 13, 2021, 6:25 PM
29 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Tech­ni­cal Pre­dic­tions Re­lated to AI Safety

lsusrAug 13, 2021, 12:29 AM
29 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Traps of For­mal­iza­tion in Deconfusion

adamShimiAug 5, 2021, 10:40 PM
28 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Fermi Fingers

Optimization ProcessAug 9, 2021, 7:56 PM
28 points
6 comments1 min readLW link