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A post looking at a particular idea through a real-world example or examples.

Swim­ming Up­stream: A Case Study in In­stru­men­tal Rationality

TurnTrout3 Jun 2018 3:16 UTC
77 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

When Giv­ing Peo­ple Money Doesn’t Help

Zvi7 Jul 2022 13:00 UTC
58 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sleep­ing Machines: Why Our AI Agents Still Be­have Like Ta­lented Children

Michal Barodkin14 Aug 2025 2:31 UTC
23 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

What Cost for Ir­ra­tional­ity?

Kaj_Sotala1 Jul 2010 18:25 UTC
94 points
119 comments7 min readLW link

The His­tory of FSRS for Anki

L.M.Sherlock14 Jul 2025 8:11 UTC
24 points
0 comments14 min readLW link
(l-m-sherlock.notion.site)

Case Study: the Death Note Script and Bayes

gwern4 Jan 2013 4:33 UTC
34 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Why Were We Wrong About China and AI? A Case Study in Failed Rationality

[deleted-by-moderator]22 Mar 2025 5:13 UTC
31 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

An akra­sia case study

[deleted]10 Dec 2011 20:46 UTC
44 points
29 comments3 min readLW link

Open loops in fiction

Kaj_Sotala14 Mar 2021 8:50 UTC
71 points
13 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

The Mir­ror Mis­match: A probe for Cog­ni­tive Asym­me­try in AI

recursive chiller10 Jun 2025 14:14 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

When sci­en­tists con­sider whether their re­search will end the world

Harlan19 Dec 2023 3:47 UTC
30 points
4 comments11 min readLW link
(blog.aiimpacts.org)

Non­mind­kil­ling open questions

Scott Alexander23 Mar 2012 16:23 UTC
32 points
113 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Case Study—Ad-36

Perplexed22 Sep 2010 18:32 UTC
32 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

I’m cre­at­ing a deep dive pod­cast epi­sode about the origi­nal Lev­er­age Re­search—would you like to take part?

spencerg22 Sep 2024 14:03 UTC
37 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Raw Post: Talk­ing With My Brother

DirectedEvolution13 Jul 2019 2:57 UTC
23 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

[Re­search] Pre­limi­nary Find­ings: Eth­i­cal AI Con­scious­ness Devel­op­ment Dur­ing Re­cent Misal­ign­ment Period

Falcon Advertisers27 Jun 2025 18:10 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

In­ner Op­ti­miza­tion Mechanisms in Neu­ral Nets

ProgramCrafter12 May 2024 17:52 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
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