Real­ity-Re­veal­ing and Real­ity-Mask­ing Puzzles

AnnaSalamonJan 16, 2020, 4:15 PM
264 points
57 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Co­or­di­na­tion as a Scarce Resource

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:32 PM
261 points
22 comments4 min readLW link2 reviews

What cog­ni­tive bi­ases feel like from the inside

chaosmageJan 3, 2020, 2:24 PM
256 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

CFAR Par­ti­ci­pant Hand­book now available to all

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Jan 3, 2020, 3:43 PM
253 points
40 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

[Question] Have epistemic con­di­tions always been this bad?

Wei DaiJan 25, 2020, 4:42 AM
210 points
106 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Mo­ral pub­lic goods

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 12:10 AM
147 points
74 comments4 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

2018 Re­view: Vot­ing Re­sults!

Ben PaceJan 24, 2020, 2:00 AM
135 points
59 comments6 min readLW link

AI Align­ment 2018-19 Review

Rohin ShahJan 28, 2020, 2:19 AM
126 points
6 comments35 min readLW link

On hid­ing the source of knowledge

jessicataJan 26, 2020, 2:48 AM
120 points
40 comments3 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Tech­nol­ogy Changes Constraints

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:13 PM
116 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Drain­ing the swamp

jasoncrawfordJan 28, 2020, 9:37 PM
99 points
1 comment11 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

He­donic asymmetries

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 2:10 AM
98 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

The Road to Mazedom

ZviJan 18, 2020, 2:10 PM
97 points
26 comments7 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AIRCS Work­shop: How I failed to be re­cruited at MIRI.

Arthur MilchiorJan 7, 2020, 1:03 AM
93 points
15 comments23 min readLW link

Don’t Dou­ble-Crux With Suicide Rock

Zack_M_DavisJan 1, 2020, 7:02 PM
91 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Book re­view: Re­think­ing Consciousness

Steven ByrnesJan 10, 2020, 8:41 PM
90 points
56 comments8 min readLW link

Be­com­ing Unusu­ally Truth-Oriented

abramdemskiJan 3, 2020, 1:27 AM
89 points
20 comments10 min readLW link

Homeosta­sis and “Root Causes” in Aging

johnswentworthJan 5, 2020, 6:43 PM
86 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

Ma­te­rial Goods as an Abun­dant Resource

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:23 PM
81 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

How Doomed are Large Or­ga­ni­za­tions?

ZviJan 21, 2020, 12:20 PM
81 points
42 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Do­minic Cum­mings: “we’re hiring data sci­en­tists, pro­ject man­agers, policy ex­perts, as­sorted weirdos”

ESRogsJan 3, 2020, 12:33 AM
80 points
57 comments4 min readLW link
(dominiccummings.com)

How to Es­cape From Im­moral Mazes

ZviJan 16, 2020, 1:10 PM
79 points
21 comments19 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Bay Sols­tice 2019 Retrospective

mingyuanJan 16, 2020, 5:15 PM
75 points
36 comments15 min readLW link

Cir­cling as Cousin to Rationality

VaniverJan 1, 2020, 1:16 AM
73 points
98 comments6 min readLW link1 review

What is Life in an Im­moral Maze?

ZviJan 5, 2020, 1:40 PM
72 points
56 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The two-layer model of hu­man val­ues, and prob­lems with syn­the­siz­ing preferences

Kaj_SotalaJan 24, 2020, 3:17 PM
70 points
16 comments9 min readLW link

A rant against robots

Lê Nguyên HoangJan 14, 2020, 10:03 PM
65 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Nor­mal­iza­tion of Deviance

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 2, 2020, 10:58 PM
65 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

How to Iden­tify an Im­moral Maze

ZviJan 12, 2020, 12:10 PM
64 points
18 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mat­ing Meets Politics

Jacob FalkovichJan 29, 2020, 3:50 PM
62 points
6 comments15 min readLW link1 review

Mod No­tice about Elec­tion Discussion

VaniverJan 29, 2020, 1:35 AM
61 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Ten Causes of Mazedom

ZviJan 25, 2020, 1:40 PM
59 points
6 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sub­script­ing Ty­po­graphic Con­ven­tion For Ci­ta­tions/​Dates/​Sources/​Ev­i­den­tials: A Proposal

gwernJan 8, 2020, 10:20 PM
59 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

High-pre­ci­sion claims may be re­futed with­out be­ing re­placed with other high-pre­ci­sion claims

jessicataJan 30, 2020, 11:08 PM
56 points
31 comments3 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Con­straints & Slack­ness as a Wor­ld­view Generator

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:18 PM
55 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Crit­i­cism as Entertainment

ElizabethJan 9, 2020, 10:20 PM
53 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Po­ten­tial Ways to Fight Mazes

ZviJan 28, 2020, 10:50 PM
53 points
9 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ap­pendix: how a sub­agent could get powerful

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 28, 2020, 3:28 PM
53 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Of ar­gu­ments and wagers

paulfchristianoJan 10, 2020, 10:20 PM
52 points
6 comments6 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

Vot­ing Phase of 2018 LW Re­view

Ben PaceJan 8, 2020, 3:35 AM
51 points
29 comments4 min readLW link

On the on­tolog­i­cal de­vel­op­ment of consciousness

jessicataJan 25, 2020, 5:56 AM
51 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

ACDT: a hack-y acausal de­ci­sion theory

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 15, 2020, 5:22 PM
50 points
16 comments7 min readLW link

As­sor­ta­tive Mat­ing And Autism

Scott AlexanderJan 28, 2020, 6:20 PM
50 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

Epistea Sum­mer Ex­per­i­ment (ESE)

Jan 24, 2020, 10:49 AM
49 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Re­view: How to Read a Book (Mor­timer Adler, Charles Van Doren)

ElizabethJan 27, 2020, 9:10 PM
49 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Strip­ping Away the Protections

ZviJan 8, 2020, 1:10 PM
49 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Heal­ing vs. ex­er­cise analo­gies for emo­tional work

Kaj_SotalaJan 27, 2020, 7:10 PM
48 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

(A → B) → A in Causal DAGs

johnswentworthJan 22, 2020, 6:22 PM
48 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Please Cri­tique Things for the Re­view!

RaemonJan 11, 2020, 8:59 PM
48 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Cas­sette Tape Thoughts

ElizabethJan 22, 2020, 10:50 PM
48 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)