Dis­con­tin­u­ous progress in his­tory: an update

KatjaGraceApr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM
190 points
25 comments31 min readLW link1 review
(aiimpacts.org)

Trans­porta­tion as a Constraint

johnswentworthApr 6, 2020, 4:58 AM
183 points
34 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Choos­ing the Zero Point

orthonormalApr 6, 2020, 11:44 PM
175 points
24 comments3 min readLW link2 reviews

Con­flict vs. mis­take in non-zero-sum games

NisanApr 5, 2020, 10:22 PM
169 points
40 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Nega­tive Feed­back and Simulacra

ElizabethApr 29, 2020, 2:00 AM
156 points
24 comments9 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

An Ortho­dox Case Against Utility Functions

abramdemskiApr 7, 2020, 7:18 PM
154 points
66 comments8 min readLW link2 reviews

How Long Can Peo­ple Use­fully Work?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:35 PM
151 points
8 comments12 min readLW link1 review

How to eval­u­ate (50%) predictions

Rafael HarthApr 10, 2020, 5:12 PM
134 points
50 comments9 min readLW link

Seem­ingly Pop­u­lar Covid-19 Model is Ob­vi­ous Nonsense

ZviApr 11, 2020, 11:10 PM
129 points
28 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Prob­lem re­lax­ation as a tactic

TurnTroutApr 22, 2020, 11:44 PM
119 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ini­tial Viral Load Seriously

ZviApr 1, 2020, 10:50 AM
94 points
45 comments17 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

April Fools: An­nounc­ing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!

Apr 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
94 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

The Unilat­er­al­ist’s “Curse” Is Mostly Good

David HornbeinApr 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
93 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Helping the kids post

jefftkApr 17, 2020, 9:40 PM
87 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Atari early

KatjaGraceApr 2, 2020, 6:10 AM
86 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

How spe­cial are hu­man brains among an­i­mal brains?

zhukeepaApr 1, 2020, 1:35 AM
79 points
38 comments7 min readLW link

In­ner al­ign­ment in the brain

Steven ByrnesApr 22, 2020, 1:14 PM
79 points
16 comments16 min readLW link

The Ineffi­cient Mar­ket Hypothesis

lsusrApr 24, 2020, 7:33 AM
75 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Re­view of “Life­cy­cle In­vest­ing”

JessRiedelApr 12, 2020, 3:12 AM
71 points
22 comments13 min readLW link

Dem­i­na­tal­ist To­tal Utilitarianism

Vanessa KosoyApr 16, 2020, 3:53 PM
69 points
56 comments5 min readLW link

The World Ac­cord­ing to Do­minic Cummings

Chris_LeongApr 14, 2020, 5:05 AM
69 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

[Site Meta] Fea­ture Up­date: More Tags! (Ex­per­i­men­tal)

RubyApr 22, 2020, 2:12 AM
68 points
59 comments3 min readLW link

On “COVID-19 Su­per­spreader Events in 28 Coun­tries: Crit­i­cal Pat­terns and Les­sons”

ZviApr 29, 2020, 7:40 PM
67 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

My ex­pe­rience with the “ra­tio­nal­ist un­canny valley”

Thomas KwaApr 23, 2020, 8:27 PM
66 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

My Covid-19 Think­ing: 4/​17

ZviApr 17, 2020, 7:50 PM
65 points
6 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On R0

ZviApr 7, 2020, 11:20 PM
63 points
6 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Best Vir­tual Wor­lds for “Hang­ing Out”

RaemonApr 27, 2020, 9:54 PM
60 points
31 comments10 min readLW link1 review

Where should LessWrong go on COVID?

ElizabethApr 13, 2020, 9:39 PM
60 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is this vi­able physics?

Daniel KokotajloApr 14, 2020, 7:29 PM
59 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Holi­day Pitch: Reflect­ing on Covid and Connection

RaemonApr 22, 2020, 7:50 PM
58 points
14 comments12 min readLW link
(secularsolstice.com)

AI Align­ment Pod­cast: An Overview of Tech­ni­cal AI Align­ment in 2018 and 2019 with Buck Sh­legeris and Ro­hin Shah

Palus AstraApr 16, 2020, 12:50 AM
58 points
27 comments89 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing Pre­dic­tions in Hindsight

ZviApr 16, 2020, 5:20 PM
55 points
8 comments27 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Eth­er­net Is Worth It For Video Calls

jefftkApr 11, 2020, 12:10 PM
55 points
26 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Peter’s COVID Con­soli­dated Brief − 29 Apr

Peter WildefordApr 29, 2020, 3:27 PM
54 points
5 comments32 min readLW link

Peter’s COVID Con­soli­dated Brief for 2 April

Peter WildefordApr 2, 2020, 5:00 PM
53 points
9 comments18 min readLW link

Self-Ex­per­i­ment: Does Work­ing More Hours In­crease My Out­put?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM
53 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Why any­thing that can be for-profit, should be

jasoncrawfordApr 29, 2020, 8:00 PM
51 points
39 comments6 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

What Hap­pens Dur­ing a Recession

ElizabethApr 20, 2020, 3:03 AM
50 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Asymp­tot­i­cally Unam­bi­tious AGI

michaelcohenApr 10, 2020, 12:31 PM
50 points
217 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Coron­avirus: Jus­tified Key In­sights Thread

Ben PaceApr 13, 2020, 10:40 PM
50 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are your fa­vorite ex­am­ples of dis­til­la­tion?

NaiveTortoiseApr 25, 2020, 5:06 PM
49 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

An alarm bell for the next pandemic

DirectedEvolutionApr 6, 2020, 1:35 AM
48 points
23 comments8 min readLW link

COVID-19 re­sponse as XRisk intervention

polyphonyApr 10, 2020, 6:22 AM
48 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Train­ing Regime Day 19: Ham­ming Ques­tions for Pot­ted Plants

Mark XuApr 23, 2020, 4:00 PM
47 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Link] COVID-19 caus­ing deadly blood clots in younger people

orthonormalApr 27, 2020, 9:02 PM
46 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

A quick and crude com­par­i­son of epi­demiolog­i­cal ex­pert fore­casts ver­sus Me­tac­u­lus fore­casts for COVID-19

Jotto999Apr 1, 2020, 1:59 PM
46 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sources for AI Align­ment Cartography

GyrodiotApr 4, 2020, 2:20 PM
45 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

The One Mis­take Rule

ZviApr 10, 2020, 2:50 PM
43 points
15 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Col­lege ad­vice for peo­ple who are ex­actly like me

benkuhnApr 13, 2020, 1:30 AM
43 points
4 comments7 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

In my cul­ture: the re­spon­si­bil­ities of open source maintainers

philhApr 13, 2020, 1:40 PM
43 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)