My at­tempt to ex­plain Look­ing, in­sight med­i­ta­tion, and en­light­en­ment in non-mys­te­ri­ous terms

Kaj_Sotala8 Mar 2018 7:37 UTC
229 points
138 comments17 min readLW link2 reviews

The Costly Co­or­di­na­tion Mechanism of Com­mon Knowledge

Ben Pace15 Mar 2018 20:20 UTC
198 points
31 comments20 min readLW link2 reviews

An Un­trol­lable Math­e­mat­i­cian Illustrated

abramdemski20 Mar 2018 0:00 UTC
164 points
38 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Mak­ing your­self small

Helen8 Mar 2018 14:26 UTC
129 points
54 comments11 min readLW link

Nam­ing the Nameless

sarahconstantin22 Mar 2018 0:35 UTC
124 points
43 comments13 min readLW link3 reviews

The Ep­silon Fallacy

johnswentworth17 Mar 2018 0:08 UTC
88 points
21 comments7 min readLW link
(medium.com)

The Steam­punk Aesthetic

Raemon8 Mar 2018 9:06 UTC
73 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

Car­ing less

eukaryote13 Mar 2018 22:53 UTC
72 points
24 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

On the Loss and Preser­va­tion of Knowledge

Samo Burja8 Mar 2018 18:40 UTC
71 points
21 comments10 min readLW link
(medium.com)

The Jor­dan Peter­son Mask

Jacob Falkovich3 Mar 2018 19:49 UTC
60 points
154 comments12 min readLW link

Prize for prob­a­ble problems

paulfchristiano8 Mar 2018 16:58 UTC
60 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­plicit and Im­plicit Communication

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)21 Mar 2018 8:58 UTC
60 points
23 comments13 min readLW link2 reviews

Silence

alkjash18 Mar 2018 4:10 UTC
60 points
17 comments4 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Leav­ing beta: Vot­ing on mov­ing to LessWrong.com

Vaniver11 Mar 2018 22:53 UTC
57 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

Rais­ing funds to es­tab­lish a new AI Safety charity

null17 Mar 2018 0:09 UTC
57 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

The Math Learn­ing Experiment

Qiaochu_Yuan21 Mar 2018 21:59 UTC
56 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

LW Mi­gra­tion Announcement

Vaniver22 Mar 2018 2:18 UTC
55 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­tended Quote on the In­sti­tu­tion of Academia

Ben Pace1 Mar 2018 2:58 UTC
54 points
23 comments9 min readLW link

Learn Bayes Nets!

abramdemski27 Mar 2018 22:00 UTC
52 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­nal Dou­ble Crux

alkjash19 Mar 2018 5:50 UTC
49 points
35 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

God Help Us, Let’s Try To Un­der­stand Fris­ton On Free Energy

Scott Alexander5 Mar 2018 6:00 UTC
49 points
43 comments14 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

Book Re­view: Con­scious­ness Explained

Charlie Steiner6 Mar 2018 3:32 UTC
48 points
20 comments21 min readLW link

Mus­ings on LessWrong Peer Review

Raemon18 Mar 2018 21:47 UTC
47 points
23 comments5 min readLW link

Misery Pits

Alicorn10 Mar 2018 23:50 UTC
47 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Mul­ti­plic­ity of “en­light­en­ment” states and con­tem­pla­tive practices

Wei Dai12 Mar 2018 8:15 UTC
46 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Quick Nate/​Eliezer com­ments on discontinuity

Rob Bensinger1 Mar 2018 22:03 UTC
44 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ment, in­tu­ition, and recursion

paulfchristiano5 Mar 2018 1:37 UTC
44 points
13 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Ms. Blue, meet Mr. Green

alexei1 Mar 2018 13:43 UTC
43 points
30 comments12 min readLW link

Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam

alkjash22 Mar 2018 1:10 UTC
40 points
25 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Sys­tem­iz­ing and Hacking

SatvikBeri23 Mar 2018 18:01 UTC
40 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ham­mer­time Postmortem

alkjash22 Mar 2018 18:10 UTC
40 points
13 comments4 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Fund­ing for AI al­ign­ment research

paulfchristiano3 Mar 2018 21:52 UTC
39 points
24 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

In­fer­ence & Empiricism

SatvikBeri20 Mar 2018 15:47 UTC
38 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Brains and back­prop: a key timeline crux

jacobjacob9 Mar 2018 22:13 UTC
37 points
38 comments7 min readLW link

The Strate­gic Level

alkjash21 Mar 2018 5:00 UTC
35 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

‘Triv­ial In­con­ve­nience Day’ Retrospective

namespace28 Mar 2018 5:14 UTC
32 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Re­solv­ing hu­man val­ues, com­pletely and adequately

Stuart_Armstrong30 Mar 2018 3:35 UTC
32 points
30 comments12 min readLW link

Light­ness and Unease

TurnTrout21 Mar 2018 5:24 UTC
31 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

The Art of the Ar­tifi­cial: In­sights from ‘Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: A Modern Ap­proach’

TurnTrout25 Mar 2018 6:55 UTC
31 points
8 comments15 min readLW link

Sa­cred Cash

Zvi3 Mar 2018 13:20 UTC
29 points
29 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Prob­lems with Am­plifi­ca­tion/​Distillation

Stuart_Armstrong27 Mar 2018 11:12 UTC
29 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

[de­funct] Moder­a­tion Ac­tion List (warn­ings and bans)

Ben Pace6 Mar 2018 19:18 UTC
29 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest for “Tests” for the MIRI Re­search Guide

Hazard13 Mar 2018 23:22 UTC
28 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Prize: Round 2 due March 31, 2018

Zvi12 Mar 2018 12:10 UTC
28 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mur­phy’s Quest Postmorterm

alkjash11 Mar 2018 20:10 UTC
28 points
10 comments6 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

LessWrong.com URL trans­fer com­plete, data im­port will run for the next few hours

habryka23 Mar 2018 2:40 UTC
28 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Idea: Open Ac­cess AI Safety Journal

Gordon Seidoh Worley23 Mar 2018 18:27 UTC
28 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Bug Hunt 3

alkjash13 Mar 2018 0:20 UTC
26 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

On Defense Mechanisms

Quaerendo4 Mar 2018 18:53 UTC
25 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Mur­phy’s Quest Ch 1: Ex­po­sure Therapy

alkjash4 Mar 2018 4:50 UTC
25 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)