Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjashNov 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
562 points
91 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

When Money Is Abun­dant, Knowl­edge Is The Real Wealth

johnswentworthNov 3, 2020, 5:34 PM
343 points
61 comments5 min readLW link3 reviews

Embed­ded In­ter­ac­tive Pre­dic­tions on LessWrong

AmandangoNov 20, 2020, 6:35 PM
243 points
88 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Some AI re­search ar­eas and their rele­vance to ex­is­ten­tial safety

Andrew_CritchNov 19, 2020, 3:18 AM
205 points
37 comments50 min readLW link2 reviews

Gen­er­al­ized Heat Engine

johnswentworthNov 5, 2020, 7:01 PM
186 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 1

lsusrNov 26, 2020, 3:02 AM
153 points
31 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Where do (did?) sta­ble, co­op­er­a­tive in­sti­tu­tions come from?

AnnaSalamonNov 3, 2020, 10:14 PM
151 points
72 comments4 min readLW link

the scal­ing “in­con­sis­tency”: openAI’s new insight

nostalgebraistNov 7, 2020, 7:40 AM
148 points
14 comments9 min readLW link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

Work­ing in Vir­tual Real­ity: A Review

ozziegooenNov 20, 2020, 11:14 PM
140 points
42 comments6 min readLW link

In­ner Align­ment in Salt-Starved Rats

Steven ByrnesNov 19, 2020, 2:40 AM
137 points
41 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Nu­clear war is un­likely to cause hu­man extinction

Jeffrey LadishNov 7, 2020, 5:42 AM
134 points
48 comments11 min readLW link3 reviews

The Poin­t­ers Prob­lem: Hu­man Values Are A Func­tion Of Hu­mans’ La­tent Variables

johnswentworthNov 18, 2020, 5:47 PM
128 points
50 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

The 300-year jour­ney to the covid vaccine

jasoncrawfordNov 9, 2020, 11:06 PM
123 points
9 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(rootsofprogress.org)

Covid 11/​26: Thanksgiving

ZviNov 26, 2020, 2:50 PM
114 points
14 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AGI Predictions

Nov 21, 2020, 3:46 AM
112 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity vs Likelihood

abramdemskiNov 10, 2020, 9:28 PM
110 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing in­ner al­ign­ment terminology

evhubNov 9, 2020, 8:40 PM
109 points
17 comments3 min readLW link1 review

A re­view of Where Is My Fly­ing Car? by J. Storrs Hall

jasoncrawfordNov 6, 2020, 8:01 PM
103 points
23 comments11 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Fi­nal Ver­sion Perfected: An Un­derused Ex­e­cu­tion Algorithm

willbradshawNov 27, 2020, 10:43 AM
103 points
34 comments7 min readLW link

Covid 11/​12: The Winds of Winter

ZviNov 12, 2020, 2:30 PM
100 points
64 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Be­ing Pro­duc­tive With Chronic Health Con­di­tions

lynettebyeNov 5, 2020, 12:22 AM
97 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

Does SGD Pro­duce De­cep­tive Align­ment?

Mark XuNov 6, 2020, 11:48 PM
96 points
9 comments16 min readLW link

My in­tel­lec­tual influences

Richard_NgoNov 22, 2020, 6:00 PM
95 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Im­pos­tor Syn­drome as skill/​dom­i­nance mismatch

ViliamNov 5, 2020, 8:05 PM
94 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

It’s not eco­nom­i­cally in­effi­cient for a UBI to re­duce re­cip­i­ent’s employment

paulfchristianoNov 22, 2020, 4:40 PM
93 points
60 comments4 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Gifts Which Money Can­not Buy

johnswentworthNov 4, 2020, 7:37 PM
93 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Per­sua­sion Tools: AI takeover with­out AGI or agency?

Daniel KokotajloNov 20, 2020, 4:54 PM
85 points
25 comments11 min readLW link1 review

Sny­der-Beat­tie, Sand­berg, Drexler & Bon­sall (2020): The Timing of Evolu­tion­ary Tran­si­tions Suggests In­tel­li­gent Life Is Rare

Kaj_SotalaNov 24, 2020, 10:36 AM
83 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(www.liebertpub.com)

Learn­ing Nor­ma­tivity: A Re­search Agenda

abramdemskiNov 11, 2020, 9:59 PM
82 points
18 comments19 min readLW link

The (Unoffi­cial) Less Wrong Com­ment Challenge

adamShimiNov 11, 2020, 2:18 PM
82 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

Com­men­tary on AGI Safety from First Principles

Richard_NgoNov 23, 2020, 9:37 PM
81 points
4 comments54 min readLW link

When Hind­sight Isn’t 20/​20: In­cen­tive De­sign With Im­perfect Credit Allocation

johnswentworthNov 8, 2020, 7:16 PM
79 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

Anatomy of a Gear

johnswentworthNov 16, 2020, 4:34 PM
79 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Lo­ca­tion Dis­cus­sion Takeaways

mingyuanNov 2, 2020, 9:14 PM
77 points
15 comments13 min readLW link

A guide to Iter­ated Am­plifi­ca­tion & Debate

Rafael HarthNov 15, 2020, 5:14 PM
75 points
12 comments15 min readLW link

Be­ware Ex­per­i­ments Without Evaluation

Davis_KingsleyNov 15, 2020, 8:18 AM
75 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Non-Ob­struc­tion: A Sim­ple Con­cept Mo­ti­vat­ing Corrigibility

TurnTroutNov 21, 2020, 7:35 PM
74 points
20 comments19 min readLW link

Covid 11/​19: Don’t Do Stupid Things

ZviNov 19, 2020, 4:00 PM
72 points
29 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2020 Elec­tion: Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets ver­sus Pol­ling/​Model­ing Assess­ment and Postmortem

ZviNov 18, 2020, 11:00 PM
71 points
17 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How to get the benefits of mov­ing with­out mov­ing (bab­ble)

mingyuanNov 13, 2020, 8:17 PM
71 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

The next AI win­ter will be due to en­ergy costs

hippkeNov 24, 2020, 4:53 PM
70 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­ized Heat Eng­ine II: Ther­mo­dy­namic Effi­ciency Limit

johnswentworthNov 6, 2020, 5:30 PM
69 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Writ­ing to think

Adam ZernerNov 17, 2020, 7:54 AM
69 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Fore­cast­ing In­no­va­tion Prize

Nov 15, 2020, 9:12 PM
69 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Con­tin­u­ing the take­offs debate

Richard_NgoNov 23, 2020, 3:58 PM
67 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Covid 11/​5: Don’t Men­tion the War

ZviNov 5, 2020, 2:20 PM
64 points
16 comments28 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Man­i­festo of the Silent Minority

lsusrNov 24, 2020, 5:30 AM
63 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ling & Simulacra

abramdemskiNov 14, 2020, 7:24 PM
63 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

Evad­ing Mind Control

lsusrNov 25, 2020, 5:01 AM
62 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

Suc­cess Buys Freedom

lsusrNov 25, 2020, 1:53 PM
62 points
4 comments6 min readLW link