Un­rol­ling so­cial metacog­ni­tion: Three lev­els of meta are not enough.

AcademianAug 25, 2018, 12:00 PM
191 points
44 comments7 min readLW link1 review

Ra­tion­al­ist Com­mu­nity Hub in Moscow: 3 Years Retrospective

Slava MatyukhinAug 25, 2018, 12:28 AM
172 points
25 comments16 min readLW link

His­tor­i­cal math­e­mat­i­ci­ans ex­hibit a birth or­der effect too

Eli TyreAug 21, 2018, 1:52 AM
146 points
20 comments6 min readLW link2 reviews

Un­known Knowns

ZviAug 28, 2018, 1:20 PM
120 points
17 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Y Couchinator

AlicornAug 18, 2018, 3:41 AM
113 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

His­tory of the Devel­op­ment of Log­i­cal Induction

Scott GarrabrantAug 29, 2018, 3:15 AM
103 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Trust Me I’m Ly­ing: A Sum­mary and Review

quanticleAug 13, 2018, 2:55 AM
100 points
11 comments7 min readLW link
(quanticle.net)

Sub­si­diz­ing Pre­dic­tion Markets

ZviAug 17, 2018, 3:40 PM
97 points
8 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Zetetic explanation

BenquoAug 27, 2018, 12:12 AM
95 points
138 comments6 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Pre­limi­nary thoughts on moral weight

lukeprogAug 13, 2018, 11:45 PM
93 points
49 comments8 min readLW link2 reviews

How to Build a Lumenator

RaemonAug 12, 2018, 5:11 AM
82 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Tac­ti­cal vs. Strate­gic Cooperation

sarahconstantinAug 12, 2018, 4:41 PM
74 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

Jobs In­side the API

Jacob FalkovichAug 21, 2018, 9:45 PM
70 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Player of Games

Jacob FalkovichAug 29, 2018, 9:26 PM
67 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Re­duc­ing col­lec­tive ra­tio­nal­ity to in­di­vi­d­ual op­ti­miza­tion in com­mon-pay­off games us­ing MCMC

jessicataAug 20, 2018, 12:51 AM
59 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Book Re­view: AI Safety and Security

Michaël TrazziAug 21, 2018, 10:23 AM
52 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

Iso­lat­ing Con­tent can Create Affordances

Davis_KingsleyAug 23, 2018, 8:28 AM
49 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

HLAI 2018 Field Report

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 29, 2018, 12:11 AM
48 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

AI Read­ing Group Thoughts (1/​?): The Man­date of Heaven

AlicornAug 10, 2018, 12:24 AM
45 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

[Fea­ture Idea] Epistemic Status

RaemonAug 21, 2018, 8:22 PM
44 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing ex­pected util­ity for Good(hart)

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 27, 2018, 3:32 AM
42 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Learn­ing strate­gies and the Poke­mon league parable

JsevillamolAug 7, 2018, 9:37 AM
40 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Hu­man-Aligned AI Sum­mer School: A Summary

Michaël TrazziAug 11, 2018, 8:11 AM
39 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Cause Aware­ness as a Fac­tor against Cause Neutrality

DarmaniAug 13, 2018, 8:00 PM
39 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Log­a­r­ithms and To­tal Utilitarianism

Pablo VillalobosAug 9, 2018, 8:49 AM
37 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Tidy­ing One’s Room

ZviAug 16, 2018, 1:50 PM
36 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Turn­ing Up the Heat: In­sights from Tao’s ‘Anal­y­sis II’

TurnTroutAug 24, 2018, 5:54 PM
36 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

EA Tourism: Lon­don, Black­pool and Prague

JsevillamolAug 7, 2018, 10:41 AM
36 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Four kinds of problems

Bird ConceptAug 21, 2018, 11:01 PM
35 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

The­o­ries of Pain

mingyuanAug 26, 2018, 10:05 PM
35 points
10 comments9 min readLW link

Do what we mean vs. do what we say

Rohin ShahAug 30, 2018, 10:03 PM
34 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

New pa­per: Long-Term Tra­jec­to­ries of Hu­man Civilization

Kaj_SotalaAug 12, 2018, 9:10 AM
33 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Fix­ing sci­ence via a ba­sic income

Kaj_SotalaAug 2, 2018, 8:30 AM
30 points
29 comments3 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

SSC Mee­tups Every­where 2018

habrykaAug 10, 2018, 3:18 AM
28 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

You Play to Win the Game

ZviAug 30, 2018, 2:10 PM
27 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

One night, with­out sleep

Mitchell_PorterAug 16, 2018, 5:50 PM
27 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Anti-trib­al­ism and pos­i­tive men­tal health as high-value cause areas

Kaj_SotalaAug 2, 2018, 8:30 AM
26 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Chris Pikula Belongs in the Magic Hall of Fame

ZviAug 22, 2018, 9:10 PM
25 points
5 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Align­ment Newslet­ter #21

Rohin ShahAug 27, 2018, 4:20 PM
25 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Is there a prac­ti­tioner’s guide for ra­tio­nal­ity?

cedricAug 13, 2018, 5:39 AM
24 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Chang­ing main con­tent font to Valkyrie?

habrykaAug 24, 2018, 11:05 PM
24 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

July gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernAug 2, 2018, 1:42 PM
24 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

LW Up­date 2018-08-10 – Front­page map, Mark­down in LaTeX, re­stored posts and re­versed spam votes

habrykaAug 10, 2018, 6:14 PM
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

I am Sailor Vul­can!

Sailor VulcanAug 24, 2018, 5:47 PM
23 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread Au­gust 2018

EloAug 1, 2018, 1:49 AM
23 points
93 comments1 min readLW link

LW Up­date 2018-08-03 – Com­ment Sorting

RaemonAug 3, 2018, 11:39 PM
23 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A fu­ture for neuroscience

Mike JohnsonAug 19, 2018, 11:58 PM
22 points
12 comments19 min readLW link

What are your plans for the evening of the apoc­a­lypse?

Kaj_SotalaAug 2, 2018, 8:30 AM
21 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

LW Up­date 2018-08-23 – Perfor­mance Improvements

RaemonAug 24, 2018, 2:02 AM
20 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Fin­land Mu­seum Tour 1/​??: Tam­pere Art Museum

Kaj_SotalaAug 3, 2018, 3:00 PM
19 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)