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Being the (Pareto) Best in the World
johnswentworth
24 Jun 2019 18:36 UTC
405
points
57
comments
3
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Welcome to LessWrong!
Ruby
,
Raemon
,
RobertM
and
habryka
14 Jun 2019 19:42 UTC
404
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What failure looks like
paulfchristiano
17 Mar 2019 20:18 UTC
404
points
54
comments
8
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
How to Ignore Your Emotions (while also thinking you’re awesome at emotions)
Hazard
31 Jul 2019 13:34 UTC
353
points
74
comments
4
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
The Parable of Predict-O-Matic
abramdemski
15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC
342
points
41
comments
14
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Kaj_Sotala
8 Oct 2019 19:11 UTC
318
points
48
comments
21
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists
Zack_M_Davis
24 Sep 2019 4:12 UTC
299
points
40
comments
8
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Building up to an Internal Family Systems model
Kaj_Sotala
26 Jan 2019 12:25 UTC
265
points
86
comments
28
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Alignment Research Field Guide
abramdemski
8 Mar 2019 19:57 UTC
264
points
9
comments
17
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Yes Requires the Possibility of No
Scott Garrabrant
17 May 2019 22:39 UTC
261
points
55
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Is Rationalist Self-Improvement Real?
Jacob Falkovich
9 Dec 2019 17:11 UTC
258
points
78
comments
11
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
“Other people are wrong” vs “I am right”
Buck
22 Feb 2019 20:01 UTC
249
points
20
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Asymmetric Justice
Zvi
25 Apr 2019 16:00 UTC
230
points
101
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Rule Thinkers In, Not Out
Scott Alexander
27 Feb 2019 2:40 UTC
221
points
67
comments
4
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)
Debate on Instrumental Convergence between LeCun, Russell, Bengio, Zador, and More
Ben Pace
4 Oct 2019 4:08 UTC
221
points
61
comments
15
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
The Zettelkasten Method
abramdemski
20 Sep 2019 13:15 UTC
216
points
90
comments
42
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Personalized Medicine For Real
sarahconstantin
4 Mar 2019 22:40 UTC
213
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence
abramdemski
8 Jun 2019 23:07 UTC
212
points
25
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits
johnswentworth
5 Nov 2019 6:49 UTC
209
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
30 Sep 2019 1:24 UTC
208
points
39
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Chris Olah’s views on AGI safety
evhub
1 Nov 2019 20:13 UTC
206
points
38
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
You Get About Five Words
Raemon
12 Mar 2019 20:30 UTC
201
points
77
comments
1
min read
LW
link
6
reviews
The 3 Books Technique for Learning a New Skilll
Matt Goldenberg
9 Jan 2019 12:45 UTC
197
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rest Days vs Recovery Days
Unreal
19 Mar 2019 22:37 UTC
195
points
35
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
Steelmanning Divination
Vaniver
5 Jun 2019 22:53 UTC
191
points
48
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Power Buys You Distance From The Crime
Elizabeth
2 Aug 2019 20:50 UTC
189
points
75
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
(acesounderglass.com)
Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences
sarahconstantin
25 Feb 2019 20:40 UTC
186
points
35
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
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
comments
12
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Moloch Hasn’t Won
Zvi
28 Dec 2019 16:30 UTC
179
points
40
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Why Subagents?
johnswentworth
1 Aug 2019 22:17 UTC
174
points
48
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
Evolution of Modularity
johnswentworth
14 Nov 2019 6:49 UTC
174
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Gears-Level Models are Capital Investments
johnswentworth
22 Nov 2019 22:41 UTC
170
points
28
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
Jeff Hawkins on neuromorphic AGI within 20 years
Steven Byrnes
15 Jul 2019 19:16 UTC
170
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Selection vs Control
abramdemski
2 Jun 2019 7:01 UTC
168
points
25
comments
11
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Book Summary: Consciousness and the Brain
Kaj_Sotala
16 Jan 2019 14:43 UTC
168
points
20
comments
26
min read
LW
link
1
review
Seeking Power is Often Convergently Instrumental in MDPs
TurnTrout
and
Logan Riggs
5 Dec 2019 2:33 UTC
162
points
39
comments
17
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(arxiv.org)
Paper-Reading for Gears
johnswentworth
4 Dec 2019 21:02 UTC
159
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success
Scott Alexander
5 Jun 2019 6:50 UTC
158
points
19
comments
25
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)
Make more land
jefftk
16 Oct 2019 11:20 UTC
158
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
5
reviews
(www.jefftk.com)
The Schelling Choice is “Rabbit”, not “Stag”
Raemon
8 Jun 2019 0:24 UTC
157
points
52
comments
12
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
RAISE post-mortem
null
24 Nov 2019 16:19 UTC
155
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Some Thoughts on My Psychiatry Practice
Laura B
16 Jan 2019 23:16 UTC
154
points
43
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Integrity and accountability are core parts of rationality
habryka
15 Jul 2019 20:22 UTC
153
points
66
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
A Key Power of the President is to Coordinate the Execution of Existing Concrete Plans
Ben Pace
16 Jul 2019 5:06 UTC
152
points
13
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Reason isn’t magic
Benquo
18 Jun 2019 4:04 UTC
152
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Forum participation as a research strategy
Wei Dai
30 Jul 2019 18:09 UTC
151
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
The Commitment Races problem
Daniel Kokotajlo
23 Aug 2019 1:58 UTC
151
points
56
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Understanding “Deep Double Descent”
evhub
6 Dec 2019 0:00 UTC
149
points
51
comments
5
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
The Costs of Reliability
sarahconstantin
20 Jul 2019 1:20 UTC
149
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 May 2019 21:33 UTC
148
points
81
comments
26
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
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