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)

Your Dog is Even Smarter Than You Think

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

Small and Vulnerable

sapphireMay 3, 2021, 4:55 AM
162 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Sav­ing Time

Scott GarrabrantMay 18, 2021, 8:11 PM
160 points
20 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Cu­rated con­ver­sa­tions with brilli­ant rationalists

spencergMay 28, 2021, 2:23 PM
154 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

Finite Fac­tored Sets

Scott GarrabrantMay 23, 2021, 8:52 PM
148 points
95 comments24 min readLW link1 review

MIRI lo­ca­tion op­ti­miza­tion (and re­lated top­ics) discussion

Rob BensingerMay 8, 2021, 11:12 PM
141 points
163 comments12 min readLW link

I’m Sorry Fluttershy

sapphireMay 22, 2021, 8:09 PM
139 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What will 2040 prob­a­bly look like as­sum­ing no sin­gu­lar­ity?

Daniel KokotajloMay 16, 2021, 10:10 PM
122 points
86 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Less Real­is­tic Tales of Doom

Mark XuMay 6, 2021, 11:01 PM
113 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Agency in Con­way’s Game of Life

Alex FlintMay 13, 2021, 1:07 AM
112 points
93 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

Knowl­edge Neu­rons in Pre­trained Transformers

evhubMay 17, 2021, 10:54 PM
100 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

How count­ing neu­trons ex­plains nu­clear waste

jasoncrawfordMay 30, 2021, 6:10 PM
100 points
11 comments14 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

April 15, 2040

NisanMay 4, 2021, 9:18 PM
97 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

For­mal In­ner Align­ment, Prospectus

abramdemskiMay 12, 2021, 7:57 PM
95 points
57 comments16 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 1: Jewish Space Laser

lsusrMay 3, 2021, 8:15 PM
90 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Don’t feel bad about not know­ing ba­sic things

Adam ZernerMay 24, 2021, 1:49 AM
90 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 5/​6: Vac­cine Pa­tent Suspension

ZviMay 6, 2021, 8:20 PM
87 points
58 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

De­cou­pling de­liber­a­tion from competition

paulfchristianoMay 25, 2021, 6:50 PM
84 points
17 comments9 min readLW link1 review
(ai-alignment.com)

Why I Work on Ads

jefftkMay 3, 2021, 9:00 PM
83 points
93 comments5 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Bayeswatch 2: Puppy Muffins

lsusrMay 5, 2021, 5:42 AM
79 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

[Pre­dic­tion] What war be­tween the USA and China would look like in 2050

lsusrMay 26, 2021, 6:24 AM
76 points
55 comments8 min readLW link

Did the In­dus­trial Revolu­tion de­crease costs or in­crease qual­ity?

jasoncrawfordMay 20, 2021, 9:10 PM
73 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Academia as Com­pany Hierarchy

Virgil KurkjianMay 9, 2021, 5:29 PM
72 points
40 comments18 min readLW link

Covid 5/​27: The Fi­nal Countdown

ZviMay 27, 2021, 12:30 PM
72 points
19 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

(Try­ing To) Study Text­books Effec­tively: A Year of Experimentation

DirectedEvolutionMay 28, 2021, 5:51 AM
70 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Pars­ing Chris Min­gard on Neu­ral Networks

Alex FlintMay 6, 2021, 10:16 PM
69 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

Covid 5/​13: Mov­ing On

ZviMay 13, 2021, 2:30 PM
69 points
13 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Book Re­view of 5 Ap­plied Bayesian Statis­tics Books

Jan Christian RefsgaardMay 21, 2021, 10:23 AM
67 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Why don’t long run­ning con­ver­sa­tions hap­pen on LessWrong?

Adam ZernerMay 30, 2021, 10:36 PM
64 points
75 comments2 min readLW link

SGD’s Bias

johnswentworthMay 18, 2021, 11:19 PM
63 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Let’s Go Back To Normal

Connor_FlexmanMay 6, 2021, 3:10 AM
60 points
18 comments11 min readLW link

AI Safety Re­search Pro­ject Ideas

Owain_EvansMay 21, 2021, 1:39 PM
58 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Sa­bien on “work-life” balance

Rob BensingerMay 20, 2021, 6:33 PM
57 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Mun­dane solu­tions to ex­otic problems

paulfchristianoMay 4, 2021, 6:20 PM
56 points
8 comments5 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

A Re­view and Sum­mary of the Land­mark Forum

reviewerMay 27, 2021, 6:22 PM
55 points
11 comments14 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 3: A Study in Scarlet

lsusrMay 7, 2021, 5:29 AM
55 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Sex­ual Di­mor­phism in Yud­kowsky’s Se­quences, in Re­la­tion to My Gen­der Problems

Zack_M_DavisMay 3, 2021, 4:31 AM
54 points
29 comments1 min readLW link
(unremediatedgender.space)

Tech­no­cratic Plim­soll Line

Martin SustrikMay 15, 2021, 8:34 AM
53 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Teach­ing ML to an­swer ques­tions hon­estly in­stead of pre­dict­ing hu­man answers

paulfchristianoMay 28, 2021, 5:30 PM
53 points
18 comments16 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

Un­der­stand­ing the Lot­tery Ticket Hy­poth­e­sis

Alex FlintMay 14, 2021, 12:25 AM
50 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Con­cern­ing not get­ting lost

Alex FlintMay 14, 2021, 7:38 PM
50 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 5: Hivemind

lsusrMay 21, 2021, 7:35 AM
50 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

The Ho­muncu­lus Problem

abramdemskiMay 27, 2021, 8:25 PM
50 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

There is no No Evidence

MalcolmOceanMay 19, 2021, 2:44 AM
49 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 5/​20: The Great Unmasking

ZviMay 21, 2021, 12:30 AM
49 points
15 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Challenge: know ev­ery­thing that the best go bot knows about go

DanielFilanMay 11, 2021, 5:10 AM
48 points
113 comments2 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

[link] If some­thing seems un­usu­ally hard for you, see if you’re miss­ing a minor insight

Kaj_SotalaMay 5, 2021, 10:23 AM
48 points
19 comments1 min readLW link
(drmaciver.substack.com)

Bayeswatch 4: Mousetrap

lsusrMay 19, 2021, 3:17 AM
47 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Life and ex­pand­ing steer­able consequences

Alex FlintMay 7, 2021, 6:33 PM
46 points
3 comments4 min readLW link