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A voting theory primer for rationalists

Jameson QuinnApr 12, 2018, 3:15 PM

234 points

99 comments17 min readLW link 2 reviews

Local Validity as a Key to Sanity and Civilization

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 7, 2018, 4:25 AM

221 points

68 comments13 min readLW link 5 reviews

Noticing the Taste of Lotus

ValentineApr 27, 2018, 8:05 PM

219 points

81 comments3 min readLW link 3 reviews

Dire Bullshit

AlicornApr 15, 2018, 4:59 AM

98 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

The Case Against Education

ZviApr 15, 2018, 12:30 PM

79 points

44 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Recommendations vs. Guidelines

Scott AlexanderApr 13, 2018, 4:10 AM

77 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Give praise

nullApr 29, 2018, 9:00 PM

77 points

87 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

5 general voting pathologies: lesser names of Moloch

Jameson QuinnApr 13, 2018, 6:38 PM

73 points

16 comments10 min readLW link

Is Rhetoric Worth Learning?

sarahconstantinApr 6, 2018, 10:03 PM

66 points

56 comments2 min readLW link

Announcement: AI alignment prize round 2 winners and next round

cousin_itApr 16, 2018, 3:08 AM

64 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

On exact mathematical formulae

daozaichApr 22, 2018, 7:41 PM

63 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

April Fools: Announcing: Karma 2.0

habrykaApr 1, 2018, 10:33 AM

63 points

56 comments1 min readLW link

The Chromatic Number of the Plane is at Least 5 - Aubrey de Grey

Scott GarrabrantApr 11, 2018, 6:19 PM

61 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Adult Neurogenesis – A Pointed Review

Scott AlexanderApr 5, 2018, 4:50 AM

55 points

17 comments11 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Funeral Ritual

RaemonApr 20, 2018, 1:40 AM

48 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

Specification gaming examples in AI

VikaApr 3, 2018, 12:30 PM

47 points

9 comments1 min readLW link 2 reviews

Two clarifications about “Strategic Background”

Rob BensingerApr 12, 2018, 2:11 AM

47 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Metaphilosophical competence can’t be disentangled from alignment

zhukeepaApr 1, 2018, 12:38 AM

46 points

39 comments3 min readLW link

Reframing misaligned AGI’s: well-intentioned non-neurotypical assistants

zhukeepaApr 1, 2018, 1:22 AM

46 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Internal Diet Crux

Jacob FalkovichApr 2, 2018, 5:05 AM

45 points

8 comments6 min readLW link

Hold On To The Curiosity

Ben PaceApr 23, 2018, 7:32 AM

45 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Humans need places

BenquoApr 19, 2018, 7:50 PM

44 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Multi-winner Voting: a question of Alignment

Jameson QuinnApr 17, 2018, 6:51 PM

43 points

19 comments12 min readLW link

The First Rung: Insights from ‘Linear Algebra Done Right’

TurnTroutApr 22, 2018, 5:23 AM

40 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

Inefficient Doesn’t Mean Indifferent

ZviApr 29, 2018, 11:30 AM

39 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Remembering the passing of Kathy Forth.

EloApr 16, 2018, 1:53 AM

38 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

My confusions with Paul’s Agenda

VaniverApr 20, 2018, 5:24 PM

37 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Can corrigibility be learned safely?

Wei DaiApr 1, 2018, 11:07 PM

35 points

115 comments4 min readLW link

Understanding Iterated Distillation and Amplification: Claims and Oversight

William_SApr 17, 2018, 10:36 PM

35 points

30 comments9 min readLW link

Weird question: could we see distant aliens?

paulfchristianoApr 20, 2018, 6:40 AM

34 points

78 comments3 min readLW link

Form Your Own Opinions

Ben PaceApr 28, 2018, 7:50 PM

34 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Program Search and Incomplete Understanding

DiffractorApr 29, 2018, 4:32 AM

33 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Wrongology 101

sarahconstantinApr 25, 2018, 12:00 AM

32 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Some Simple Observations Five Years After Starting Mindfulness Meditation

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Apr 19, 2018, 10:28 PM

32 points

19 comments7 min readLW link

Death in Groups

ryan_bApr 5, 2018, 12:45 AM

31 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

The 3% Incline (theferrett.com)

RaemonApr 27, 2018, 12:56 AM

31 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.theferrett.com)

I’m going to help you quit Facebook with some science

EloApr 12, 2018, 3:09 AM

30 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

Announcing the Alignment Newsletter

Rohin ShahApr 9, 2018, 9:16 PM

29 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Ten Commandments for Aspiring Superforecasters

Evan_GaensbauerApr 25, 2018, 4:55 AM

29 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Implicit extortion

paulfchristianoApr 13, 2018, 4:33 PM

29 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

(ai-alignment.com)

You Are Being Underpaid

RobertMApr 15, 2018, 6:28 AM

29 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

What I got out of ‘Algorithms to Live By’

rkApr 11, 2018, 4:35 PM

28 points

1 comment19 min readLW link

Corrigible but misaligned: a superintelligent messiah

zhukeepaApr 1, 2018, 6:20 AM

28 points

26 comments5 min readLW link

The Case Against Education: Foundations

ZviApr 21, 2018, 2:30 PM

28 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Global insect declines: Why aren’t we all dead yet?

eukaryoteApr 1, 2018, 8:38 PM

28 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

The limits of corrigibility

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 10, 2018, 10:49 AM

27 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Realistic thought experiments

KatjaGraceApr 4, 2018, 1:50 AM

26 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Good News for Immunostimulants

sarahconstantinApr 16, 2018, 4:10 PM

26 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Review of CZEA “Intense EA Weekend” retreat

Jan_KulveitApr 5, 2018, 11:04 PM

26 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(effective-altruism.com)

Bounds of Attention

squidiousApr 5, 2018, 10:53 PM

26 points

1 comment2 min readLW link