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LessWrong is providing feedback and proofreading on drafts as a service

RubySep 7, 2021, 1:33 AM

294 points

53 comments3 min readLW link

Where do your eyes go?

alkjashSep 19, 2021, 10:43 PM

267 points

22 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Common knowledge about Leverage Research 1.0

BayAreaHumanSep 24, 2021, 6:56 AM

213 points

212 comments5 min readLW link

Long Covid Is Not Necessarily Your Biggest Problem

ElizabethSep 1, 2021, 7:20 AM

201 points

40 comments10 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

How factories were made safe

jasoncrawfordSep 12, 2021, 7:58 PM

185 points

46 comments18 min readLW link 1 review

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Best Software For Every Need

Tomás B.Sep 10, 2021, 2:40 AM

178 points

225 comments1 min readLW link

The Coordination Frontier: Sequence Intro

RaemonSep 4, 2021, 10:11 PM

163 points

22 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

The 2021 Less Wrong Darwin Game

lsusrSep 24, 2021, 9:16 PM

162 points

102 comments9 min readLW link

All Possible Views About Humanity’s Future Are Wild

HoldenKarnofskySep 3, 2021, 8:19 PM

147 points

37 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

Redwood Research’s current project

BuckSep 21, 2021, 11:30 PM

145 points

29 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

A review of Steven Pinker’s new book on rationality

Matthew BarnettSep 29, 2021, 1:29 AM

140 points

43 comments6 min readLW link

Coordination Schemes Are Capital Investments

RaemonSep 6, 2021, 11:27 PM

140 points

31 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

The theory-practice gap

BuckSep 17, 2021, 10:51 PM

138 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

LessWrong is paying $500 for Book Reviews

RubySep 14, 2021, 12:24 AM

133 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

Selection Theorems: A Program For Understanding Agents

johnswentworthSep 28, 2021, 5:03 AM

128 points

28 comments6 min readLW link 2 reviews

Book review: The Checklist Manifesto

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Sep 17, 2021, 11:09 PM

122 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

The Intense World Theory of Autism

Steven ByrnesSep 27, 2021, 1:23 PM

115 points

40 comments15 min readLW link

I wanted to interview Eliezer Yudkowsky but he’s busy so I simulated him instead

lsusrSep 16, 2021, 7:34 AM

113 points

33 comments5 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 10: Spyware

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 7:01 AM

106 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

[Book review] Gödel, Escher, Bach: an in-depth explainer

Sam MarksSep 29, 2021, 7:03 PM

101 points

23 comments23 min readLW link 1 review

Petrov Day 2021: Mutually Assured Destruction?

RubySep 22, 2021, 1:04 AM

99 points

96 comments4 min readLW link

Jitters No Evidence of Stupidity in RL

1a3ornSep 16, 2021, 10:43 PM

96 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

Shared Frames Are Capital Investments in Coordination

johnswentworthSep 23, 2021, 11:24 PM

93 points

6 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

Norm Innovation and Theory of Mind

RaemonSep 18, 2021, 9:38 PM

92 points

15 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

The alignment problem in different capability regimes

BuckSep 9, 2021, 7:46 PM

88 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Testing The Natural Abstraction Hypothesis: Project Update

johnswentworthSep 20, 2021, 3:44 AM

88 points

17 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

100 Years Of Existential Risk

jdpSep 27, 2021, 12:31 AM

87 points

12 comments33 min readLW link

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How feeling more secure feels different than I expected

Kaj_SotalaSep 17, 2021, 9:20 AM

83 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

This Can’t Go On

HoldenKarnofskySep 18, 2021, 11:50 PM

82 points

55 comments7 min readLW link 2 reviews

Insights from Modern Principles of Economics

TurnTroutSep 22, 2021, 5:19 AM

81 points

64 comments1 min readLW link

Beyond fire alarms: freeing the groupstruck

KatjaGraceSep 26, 2021, 9:30 AM

81 points

15 comments54 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Writing On The Pareto Frontier

johnswentworthSep 17, 2021, 12:05 AM

76 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

AI takeoff story: a continuation of progress by other means

Edouard HarrisSep 27, 2021, 3:55 PM

76 points

13 comments10 min readLW link

Distinguishing AI takeover scenarios

Sam Clarke and Sammy Martin

Sep 8, 2021, 4:19 PM

74 points

11 comments14 min readLW link

[Book Review] “The Alignment Problem” by Brian Christian

lsusrSep 20, 2021, 6:36 AM

72 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

Robin Hanson’s Grabby Aliens model explained—part 1

WriterSep 22, 2021, 6:51 PM

72 points

30 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

(youtu.be)

You can talk to EA Funds before applying

evhubSep 28, 2021, 8:39 PM

71 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

The Most Important Century: Sequence Introduction

HoldenKarnofskySep 3, 2021, 8:19 PM

70 points

5 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Covid 9/2: Long Covid Analysis

ZviSep 2, 2021, 2:50 PM

70 points

15 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[inactive] £2000 bounty—contraceptives (and UTI) literature review

Chi NguyenSep 15, 2021, 10:37 PM

70 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

[Book Review] “The Vital Question” by Nick Lane

lsusrSep 27, 2021, 10:50 PM

70 points

28 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 9/23: There Is a War

ZviSep 23, 2021, 1:30 PM

69 points

30 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Book Review] Altered Traits

lsusrSep 23, 2021, 12:33 AM

68 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Paths To High-Level Machine Intelligence

Daniel_EthSep 10, 2021, 1:21 PM

68 points

9 comments33 min readLW link

Simulated Elon Musk Lives in a Simulation

lsusrSep 18, 2021, 7:37 AM

66 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Brain-inspired AGI and the “lifetime anchor”

Steven ByrnesSep 29, 2021, 1:09 PM

65 points

16 comments13 min readLW link

Review of A Map that Reflects the Territory

William GasarchSep 12, 2021, 7:43 PM

65 points

20 comments18 min readLW link

This War of Mine

lsusrSep 25, 2021, 1:43 AM

64 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Announcing the Vitalik Buterin Fellowships in AI Existential Safety!

DanielFilanSep 21, 2021, 12:33 AM

64 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(grants.futureoflife.org)

Harry Potter and the Methods of Psychomagic | Chapter 1: Affect

Henry ProwbellSep 15, 2021, 5:03 PM

64 points

5 comments7 min readLW link