Yes Requires the Possibility of No

Scott Garrabrant17 May 2019 22:39 UTC

261 points

55 comments2 min readLW link 2 reviews

The Parable of Predict-O-Matic

abramdemski15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC

342 points

41 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

sarahconstantin25 Feb 2019 20:40 UTC

186 points

35 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Understanding “Deep Double Descent”

evhub6 Dec 2019 0:00 UTC

149 points

51 comments5 min readLW link 4 reviews

Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success

Scott Alexander5 Jun 2019 6:50 UTC

158 points

19 comments25 min readLW link 2 reviews

(slatestarcodex.com)

Moloch Hasn’t Won

Zvi28 Dec 2019 16:30 UTC

179 points

40 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Power to Demolish Bad Arguments

Liron2 Sep 2019 12:57 UTC

97 points

83 comments11 min readLW link 6 reviews

Being the (Pareto) Best in the World

johnswentworth24 Jun 2019 18:36 UTC

405 points

57 comments3 min readLW link 3 reviews

Asymmetric Justice

Zvi25 Apr 2019 16:00 UTC

230 points

101 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Noticing Frame Differences

Raemon30 Sep 2019 1:24 UTC

210 points

39 comments9 min readLW link 2 reviews

Excerpts from a larger discussion about simulacra

Benquo10 Apr 2019 21:27 UTC

53 points

40 comments6 min readLW link 5 reviews

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 May 2019 21:33 UTC

148 points

81 comments26 min readLW link 3 reviews

Risks from Learned Optimization: Introduction

evhub, Chris van Merwijk, Vlad Mikulik, Joar Skalse and Scott Garrabrant

31 May 2019 23:44 UTC

184 points

42 comments12 min readLW link 3 reviews

Rule Thinkers In, Not Out

Scott Alexander27 Feb 2019 2:40 UTC

221 points

67 comments4 min readLW link 4 reviews

(slatestarcodex.com)

The Curse Of The Counterfactual

pjeby1 Nov 2019 18:34 UTC

124 points

34 comments19 min readLW link 1 review

From Personal to Prison Gangs: Enforcing Prosocial Behavior

johnswentworth24 Jan 2019 18:07 UTC

146 points

26 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

Integrity and accountability are core parts of rationality

habryka15 Jul 2019 20:22 UTC

153 points

66 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Selection vs Control

abramdemski2 Jun 2019 7:01 UTC

168 points

25 comments11 min readLW link 2 reviews

Alignment Research Field Guide

abramdemski8 Mar 2019 19:57 UTC

264 points

9 comments17 min readLW link 2 reviews

Tal Yarkoni: No, it’s not The Incentives—it’s you

Zack_M_Davis11 Jun 2019 7:09 UTC

89 points

119 comments1 min readLW link 4 reviews

(www.talyarkoni.org)