Choos­ing the Zero Point

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

Most Pri­soner’s Dilem­mas are Stag Hunts; Most Stag Hunts are Schel­ling Problems

abramdemskiSep 14, 2020, 10:13 PM
176 points
36 comments10 min readLW link3 reviews

Reread­ing At­las Shrugged

VaniverJul 28, 2020, 6:54 PM
174 points
36 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Align­ment By Default

johnswentworthAug 12, 2020, 6:54 PM
174 points
96 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Thiel on Progress and Stagnation

Richard_NgoJul 20, 2020, 8:27 PM
173 points
32 comments11 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Swiss Poli­ti­cal Sys­tem: More than You ever Wanted to Know (I.)

Martin SustrikJul 19, 2020, 1:11 AM
172 points
39 comments24 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

The ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity’s lo­ca­tion problem

mingyuanSep 23, 2020, 6:39 PM
169 points
142 comments4 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Work­ing With Contracts

johnswentworthSep 14, 2020, 11:22 PM
167 points
27 comments11 min readLW link

Every­day Les­sons from High-Di­men­sional Optimization

johnswentworthJun 6, 2020, 8:57 PM
165 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

Stud­ies On Slack

Scott AlexanderMay 13, 2020, 5:00 AM
165 points
34 comments24 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

A Per­sonal (In­terim) COVID-19 Postmortem

DavidmanheimJun 25, 2020, 6:10 PM
163 points
41 comments9 min readLW link1 review

“Can you keep this con­fi­den­tial? How do you know?”

RaemonJul 21, 2020, 12:33 AM
163 points
43 comments3 min readLW link2 reviews

Com­ment on “En­doge­nous Epistemic Fac­tion­al­iza­tion”

Zack_M_DavisMay 20, 2020, 6:04 PM
158 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

Wire­less is a trap

benkuhnJun 7, 2020, 3:30 PM
158 points
13 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(www.benkuhn.net)

par­ent­ing rules

Dave OrrDec 21, 2020, 7:48 PM
157 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

My com­pu­ta­tional frame­work for the brain

Steven ByrnesSep 14, 2020, 2:19 PM
157 points
26 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Nega­tive Feed­back and Simulacra

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

[Question] What are some beau­tiful, ra­tio­nal­ist art­works?

Bird ConceptOct 17, 2020, 6:32 AM
155 points
140 comments1 min readLW link1 review

In­tro­duc­tion to Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantOct 22, 2020, 1:00 PM
155 points
32 comments22 min readLW link1 review

The Fu­sion Power Gen­er­a­tor Scenario

johnswentworthAug 8, 2020, 6:31 PM
155 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

An Ortho­dox Case Against Utility Functions

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

Matt Botv­inick on the spon­ta­neous emer­gence of learn­ing algorithms

Adam SchollAug 12, 2020, 7:47 AM
154 points
87 comments5 min readLW link

New York Times, Please Do Not Threaten The Safety of Scott Alexan­der By Re­veal­ing His True Name

ZviJun 23, 2020, 12:20 PM
153 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 1

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

The Felt Sense: What, Why and How

Kaj_SotalaOct 5, 2020, 3:57 PM
153 points
23 comments14 min readLW link1 review

I’m leav­ing AI al­ign­ment – you bet­ter stay

rmoehnMar 12, 2020, 5:58 AM
152 points
19 comments5 min readLW link

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

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

How Long Can Peo­ple Use­fully Work?

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

The date of AI Takeover is not the day the AI takes over

Daniel KokotajloOct 22, 2020, 10:41 AM
150 points
32 comments2 min readLW link1 review

The First Sam­ple Gives the Most Information

Mark XuDec 24, 2020, 8:39 PM
150 points
16 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(markxu.com)

Give it a google

Adam ZernerDec 29, 2020, 5:30 AM
149 points
28 comments7 min readLW link1 review

the scal­ing “in­con­sis­tency”: openAI’s new insight

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

Mo­ral pub­lic goods

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

Assess­ing Kurzweil pre­dic­tions about 2019: the results

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 6, 2020, 1:36 PM
146 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

Author­i­ties and Amateurs

jefftkMar 25, 2020, 3:40 AM
146 points
30 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(www.jefftk.com)

Com­par­a­tive ad­van­tage and when to blow up your island

dynomightSep 12, 2020, 6:20 AM
145 points
39 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

The Bayesian Tyrant

abramdemskiAug 20, 2020, 12:08 AM
143 points
21 comments6 min readLW link1 review

2020 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

LarksDec 21, 2020, 3:27 PM
142 points
14 comments68 min readLW link

Ex­er­cises in Com­pre­hen­sive In­for­ma­tion Gathering

johnswentworthFeb 15, 2020, 5:27 PM
141 points
18 comments3 min readLW link1 review

How long does it take to be­come Gaus­sian?

Maxwell PetersonDec 8, 2020, 7:23 AM
141 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

A rev­olu­tion in philos­o­phy: the rise of con­cep­tual engineering

Suspended ReasonJun 2, 2020, 6:30 PM
141 points
50 comments21 min readLW link

Against GDP as a met­ric for timelines and take­off speeds

Daniel KokotajloDec 29, 2020, 5:42 PM
140 points
19 comments14 min readLW link1 review

Work­ing in Vir­tual Real­ity: A Review

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

Devel­op­men­tal Stages of GPTs

orthonormalJul 26, 2020, 10:03 PM
140 points
72 comments7 min readLW link1 review

Cat­e­gory The­ory Without The Baggage

johnswentworthFeb 3, 2020, 8:03 PM
139 points
51 comments13 min readLW link

In­ner Align­ment in Salt-Starved Rats

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

Five Ways To Pri­ori­tize Better

lynettebyeJun 27, 2020, 6:40 PM
136 points
7 comments20 min readLW link1 review

[Question] LessWrong Coron­avirus Agenda

ElizabethMar 18, 2020, 4:48 AM
136 points
65 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Fore­cast­ing Thread: AI Timelines

Aug 22, 2020, 2:33 AM
135 points
98 comments2 min readLW link