Ra­tion­al­ism be­fore the Sequences

Eric RaymondMar 30, 2021, 2:04 PM
595 points
83 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Mak­ing Vaccine

johnswentworthFeb 3, 2021, 8:24 PM
580 points
249 comments6 min readLW link3 reviews

What 2026 looks like

Daniel KokotajloAug 6, 2021, 4:14 PM
559 points
161 comments16 min readLW link1 review

How To Write Quickly While Main­tain­ing Epistemic Rigor

johnswentworthAug 28, 2021, 5:52 PM
457 points
38 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners

jefftkJan 3, 2021, 9:20 PM
422 points
35 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(www.jefftk.com)

Les­sons I’ve Learned from Self-Teaching

TurnTroutJan 23, 2021, 7:00 PM
359 points
76 comments9 min readLW link1 review

How To Get Into In­de­pen­dent Re­search On Align­ment/​Agency

johnswentworthNov 19, 2021, 12:00 AM
356 points
38 comments13 min readLW link2 reviews

Ta­boo “Out­side View”

Daniel KokotajloJun 17, 2021, 9:36 AM
351 points
33 comments8 min readLW link3 reviews

There’s no such thing as a tree (phy­lo­ge­net­i­cally)

eukaryoteMay 3, 2021, 3:47 AM
340 points
59 comments8 min readLW link2 reviews
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Self-In­tegrity and the Drown­ing Child

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2021, 8:57 PM
335 points
91 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Frame Control

AellaNov 27, 2021, 10:59 PM
329 points
282 comments23 min readLW link2 reviews

A non-mag­i­cal ex­pla­na­tion of Jeffrey Epstein

lcDec 28, 2021, 9:15 PM
328 points
59 comments15 min readLW link1 review

Dis­cus­sion with Eliezer Yud­kowsky on AGI interventions

Nov 11, 2021, 3:01 AM
328 points
253 comments34 min readLW link1 review

“PR” is cor­ro­sive; “rep­u­ta­tion” is not.

AnnaSalamonFeb 14, 2021, 3:32 AM
322 points
95 comments2 min readLW link3 reviews

Fea­ture Selection

Zack_M_DavisNov 1, 2021, 12:22 AM
322 points
24 comments16 min readLW link1 review

Leaky Del­e­ga­tion: You are not a Commodity

DarmaniJan 25, 2021, 2:04 AM
310 points
38 comments15 min readLW link1 review

An Un­ex­pected Vic­tory: Con­tainer Stack­ing at the Port of Long Beach

ZviOct 28, 2021, 2:40 PM
301 points
41 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Lies, Damn Lies, and Fabri­cated Options

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Oct 17, 2021, 2:47 AM
300 points
132 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews

Effi­cien­tZero: How It Works

1a3ornNov 26, 2021, 3:17 PM
298 points
50 comments29 min readLW link1 review

Science in a High-Di­men­sional World

johnswentworthJan 8, 2021, 5:52 PM
295 points
53 comments7 min readLW link1 review

LessWrong is pro­vid­ing feed­back and proofread­ing on drafts as a service

RubySep 7, 2021, 1:33 AM
294 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

Study Guide

johnswentworthNov 6, 2021, 1:23 AM
292 points
50 comments16 min readLW link

Poli­tics is way too meta

Rob BensingerMar 17, 2021, 7:04 AM
291 points
46 comments11 min readLW link1 review

In­ten­tion­ally Mak­ing Close Friends

Neel NandaJun 27, 2021, 11:06 PM
289 points
35 comments18 min readLW link1 review
(www.neelnanda.io)

What Mul­tipo­lar Failure Looks Like, and Ro­bust Agent-Ag­nos­tic Pro­cesses (RAAPs)

Andrew_CritchMar 31, 2021, 11:50 PM
282 points
65 comments22 min readLW link1 review

Core Path­ways of Aging

johnswentworthMar 28, 2021, 12:31 AM
274 points
129 comments22 min readLW link1 review

Your Cheer­ful Price

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 13, 2021, 5:41 AM
272 points
83 comments17 min readLW link6 reviews

Seven Years of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeastMar 4, 2021, 2:42 AM
270 points
38 comments34 min readLW link1 review

Where do your eyes go?

alkjashSep 19, 2021, 10:43 PM
267 points
22 comments14 min readLW link1 review
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

A Brief In­tro­duc­tion to Con­tainer Logistics

VitorNov 11, 2021, 3:58 PM
267 points
22 comments11 min readLW link1 review

Omicron Var­i­ant Post #1: We’re F***ed, It’s Never Over

ZviNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM
260 points
95 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Plan

johnswentworthDec 10, 2021, 11:41 PM
260 points
78 comments14 min readLW link1 review

larger lan­guage mod­els may dis­ap­point you [or, an eter­nally un­finished draft]

nostalgebraistNov 26, 2021, 11:08 PM
260 points
31 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews

Strong Ev­i­dence is Common

Mark XuMar 13, 2021, 10:04 PM
256 points
50 comments1 min readLW link4 reviews
(markxu.com)

Notes from “Don’t Shoot the Dog”

juliawiseApr 2, 2021, 4:34 PM
255 points
12 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Your Dog is Even Smarter Than You Think

StyleOfDogMay 1, 2021, 5:16 AM
254 points
108 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

Ngo and Yud­kowsky on al­ign­ment difficulty

Nov 15, 2021, 8:31 PM
254 points
151 comments99 min readLW link1 review

Omicron: My Cur­rent Model

ZviDec 28, 2021, 5:10 PM
253 points
72 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Visi­ble Thoughts Pro­ject and Bounty Announcement

So8resNov 30, 2021, 12:19 AM
249 points
106 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Deep­Mind: Gen­er­ally ca­pa­ble agents emerge from open-ended play

Daniel KokotajloJul 27, 2021, 2:19 PM
247 points
53 comments2 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

The LessWrong Team is now Light­cone In­fras­truc­ture, come work with us!

habrykaOct 1, 2021, 1:20 AM
247 points
71 comments4 min readLW link

Another (outer) al­ign­ment failure story

paulfchristianoApr 7, 2021, 8:12 PM
247 points
38 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Work­ing With Monsters

johnswentworthJul 20, 2021, 3:23 PM
247 points
54 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Con­cen­tra­tion of Force

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Nov 6, 2021, 8:20 AM
244 points
23 comments12 min readLW link1 review

RadVac Com­mer­cial An­ti­body Test Results

johnswentworthFeb 26, 2021, 6:04 PM
243 points
30 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Dark Matters

DiffractorMar 14, 2021, 11:36 PM
240 points
23 comments15 min readLW link

A whirlwind tour of Ethereum finance

cataMar 2, 2021, 9:36 AM
234 points
52 comments11 min readLW link

Precognition

jasoncrawfordJun 14, 2021, 12:38 AM
234 points
35 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(jasoncrawford.org)

Zoe Curzi’s Ex­pe­rience with Lev­er­age Research

Ilverin the Stupid and OffensiveOct 13, 2021, 4:44 AM
229 points
261 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Mo­ral­ity is Scary

Wei DaiDec 2, 2021, 6:35 AM
228 points
116 comments4 min readLW link1 review