Effec­tive Evil

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 12:26 AM
111 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

The ir­rele­vance of test scores is greatly exaggerated

dynomightApr 15, 2021, 2:15 PM
111 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

In­ter­net Liter­acy Atrophy

ElizabethDec 26, 2021, 12:30 PM
111 points
49 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Ex­plain­ing Cap­i­tal­ism Harder

jefftkOct 17, 2021, 2:40 AM
111 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Dat­ing pro­files from first prin­ci­ples: het­ero­sex­ual male pro­file design

XodarapOct 25, 2021, 3:23 AM
110 points
32 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] How to think about and deal with OpenAI

Rafael HarthOct 9, 2021, 1:10 PM
110 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

On Solv­ing Prob­lems Be­fore They Ap­pear: The Weird Episte­molo­gies of Alignment

adamShimiOct 11, 2021, 8:20 AM
110 points
10 comments15 min readLW link

Oliver Sipple

KatjaGraceFeb 19, 2021, 7:00 AM
109 points
13 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

How You Can Gain Self Con­trol Without “Self-Con­trol”

spencergMar 24, 2021, 11:38 PM
109 points
41 comments23 min readLW link

How much slower is re­mote work?

jsteinhardtOct 8, 2021, 2:00 AM
108 points
11 comments3 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

“If You’re Not a Holy Mad­man, You’re Not Try­ing”

abramdemskiFeb 28, 2021, 6:56 PM
108 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Net­works of Trust vs Markets

Henrik KarlssonMay 31, 2021, 7:59 PM
108 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

Con­ver­sa­tion on tech­nol­ogy fore­cast­ing and gradualism

Dec 9, 2021, 9:23 PM
108 points
30 comments31 min readLW link

Open, Free, Safe: Choose Two

jaspaxMar 20, 2021, 4:42 PM
108 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Fourth Wave Covid Toy Modeling

ZviJan 6, 2021, 6:30 PM
108 points
22 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Where did the 5 micron num­ber come from? Nowhere good. [Wired.com]

ElizabethNov 9, 2021, 7:14 AM
108 points
8 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(www.wired.com)

Covid 1/​14: To Launch a Thou­sand Shipments

ZviJan 14, 2021, 5:30 PM
108 points
35 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A very crude de­cep­tion eval is already passed

Beth BarnesOct 29, 2021, 5:57 PM
108 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Toward A Bayesian The­ory Of Willpower

Scott AlexanderMar 26, 2021, 2:33 AM
107 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

Merry Christmas

lsusrDec 26, 2021, 7:03 AM
107 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Imi­ta­tive Gen­er­al­i­sa­tion (AKA ‘Learn­ing the Prior’)

Beth BarnesJan 10, 2021, 12:30 AM
107 points
15 comments11 min readLW link1 review

Bayeswatch 10: Spyware

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 7:01 AM
107 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing on the Karma System

RaelifinNov 14, 2021, 6:01 PM
106 points
36 comments19 min readLW link

Book re­view: “Feel­ing Great” by David Burns

Steven ByrnesJun 9, 2021, 1:17 PM
106 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Avoid Un­nec­es­sar­ily Poli­ti­cal Examples

RaemonJan 11, 2021, 5:41 AM
106 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

How to Play a Sup­port Role in Re­search Conversations

johnswentworthApr 23, 2021, 8:57 PM
105 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] ($1000 bounty) How effec­tive are marginal vac­cine doses against the covid delta var­i­ant?

Bird ConceptJul 22, 2021, 1:26 AM
105 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

Call for re­search on eval­u­at­ing al­ign­ment (fund­ing + ad­vice available)

Beth BarnesAug 31, 2021, 11:28 PM
105 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

Direct effects mat­ter!

Aaron BergmanMar 14, 2021, 4:33 AM
104 points
28 comments5 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Per­ish­able Knowledge

lsusrDec 18, 2021, 5:53 AM
104 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

I Don’t Know How To Count That Low

ElizabethOct 22, 2021, 10:00 PM
104 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

I Really Don’t Un­der­stand Eliezer Yud­kowsky’s Po­si­tion on Consciousness

J BostockOct 29, 2021, 11:09 AM
104 points
120 comments4 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 link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Cross­post] On Hreha On Be­hav­ioral Economics

Scott AlexanderAug 31, 2021, 6:14 PM
104 points
7 comments22 min readLW link

Against “blank­faces”

philhAug 8, 2021, 11:00 PM
103 points
12 comments4 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Money Stuff

Jacob FalkovichNov 1, 2021, 4:08 PM
103 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­men­tally eval­u­at­ing whether hon­esty generalizes

paulfchristianoJul 1, 2021, 5:47 PM
103 points
24 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Rapid In­crease of Highly Mu­tated B.1.1.529 Strain in South Africa

dawangyNov 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
103 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Fre­quent ar­gu­ments about alignment

John SchulmanJun 23, 2021, 12:46 AM
103 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Coase’s “Na­ture of the Firm” on Polyamory

1a3ornAug 13, 2021, 1:15 PM
102 points
34 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

Two (very differ­ent) kinds of donors

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Dec 22, 2021, 1:43 AM
102 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

A Con­tam­i­na­tion The­ory of the Obe­sity Epidemic

Bob BakerJul 25, 2021, 2:39 AM
102 points
50 comments5 min readLW link

Omicron Post #5

ZviDec 9, 2021, 9:10 PM
102 points
18 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

Sam MarksSep 29, 2021, 7:03 PM
101 points
23 comments23 min readLW link1 review

Covid 3/​12: New CDC Guidelines Available

ZviMar 12, 2021, 5:20 PM
101 points
28 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 2/​11: As Expected

ZviFeb 11, 2021, 6:30 PM
101 points
79 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How count­ing neu­trons ex­plains nu­clear waste

jasoncrawfordMay 30, 2021, 6:10 PM
101 points
11 comments14 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Chaos In­duces Abstractions

johnswentworthMar 18, 2021, 8:08 PM
100 points
13 comments7 min readLW link

Knowl­edge Neu­rons in Pre­trained Transformers

evhubMay 17, 2021, 10:54 PM
100 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

In­ter­pret­ing Yud­kowsky on Deep vs Shal­low Knowledge

adamShimiDec 5, 2021, 5:32 PM
100 points
32 comments24 min readLW link