Ta­boo “Out­side View”

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

In­ten­tion­ally Mak­ing Close Friends

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

Precognition

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

Two non-ob­vi­ous les­sons from micro­covid.org

catherioJun 24, 2021, 2:35 AM
196 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

So­cial be­hav­ior curves, equil­ibria, and radicalism

Eric NeymanJun 5, 2021, 1:39 AM
190 points
18 comments20 min readLW link1 review
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Power dy­nam­ics as a blind spot or blurry spot in our col­lec­tive world-mod­el­ing, es­pe­cially around AI

Andrew_CritchJun 1, 2021, 6:45 PM
189 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

The Point of Trade

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 22, 2021, 5:56 PM
175 points
77 comments4 min readLW link1 review

The Ap­pren­tice Experiment

johnswentworthJun 10, 2021, 3:29 AM
153 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

An In­tu­itive Guide to Garrabrant Induction

Mark XuJun 3, 2021, 10:21 PM
149 points
20 comments24 min readLW link

Al­co­hol, health, and the ruth­less logic of the Asian flush

dynomightJun 4, 2021, 6:14 PM
149 points
45 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

Selec­tion Has A Qual­ity Ceiling

johnswentworthJun 2, 2021, 6:25 PM
147 points
18 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Ir­ra­tional Modesty

Tomás B.Jun 20, 2021, 7:38 PM
142 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Ap­pren­tice Thread

ZviJun 17, 2021, 1:10 PM
139 points
59 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Re­ward Is Not Enough

Steven ByrnesJun 16, 2021, 1:52 PM
124 points
19 comments10 min readLW link1 review

On the limits of ideal­ized values

Joe CarlsmithJun 22, 2021, 2:10 AM
116 points
20 comments35 min readLW link

Book re­view: “Feel­ing Great” by David Burns

Steven ByrnesJun 9, 2021, 1:17 PM
106 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Why did we wait so long for the thresh­ing ma­chine?

jasoncrawfordJun 29, 2021, 7:55 PM
104 points
20 comments12 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

Fre­quent ar­gu­ments about alignment

John SchulmanJun 23, 2021, 12:46 AM
103 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

At­tri­bu­tions, Karma and bet­ter dis­cov­er­abil­ity for wiki/​tag features

Jun 2, 2021, 11:47 PM
93 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Scal­ing Net­works of Trust

Henrik KarlssonJun 22, 2021, 4:57 AM
92 points
21 comments10 min readLW link

Bad names make you open the box

Adam ZernerJun 9, 2021, 3:19 AM
91 points
52 comments10 min readLW link1 review

Covid 6/​17: One Last Scare

ZviJun 17, 2021, 6:40 PM
86 points
42 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Thoughts on the Align­ment Im­pli­ca­tions of Scal­ing Lan­guage Models

leogaoJun 2, 2021, 9:32 PM
82 points
11 comments17 min readLW link

Search-in-Ter­ri­tory vs Search-in-Map

johnswentworthJun 5, 2021, 11:22 PM
77 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sion: Ob­jec­tive Ro­bust­ness and In­ner Align­ment Terminology

Jun 23, 2021, 11:25 PM
73 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

En­vi­ron­men­tal Struc­ture Can Cause In­stru­men­tal Convergence

TurnTroutJun 22, 2021, 10:26 PM
71 points
43 comments16 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Rogue AGI Em­bod­ies Valuable In­tel­lec­tual Property

Jun 3, 2021, 8:37 PM
71 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

The Align­ment Fo­rum should have more trans­par­ent mem­ber­ship standards

Peter HaseJun 4, 2021, 6:25 AM
68 points
43 comments5 min readLW link

“Ex­is­ten­tial risk from AI” sur­vey results

Rob BensingerJun 1, 2021, 8:02 PM
66 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

Big pic­ture of pha­sic dopamine

Steven ByrnesJun 8, 2021, 1:07 PM
66 points
22 comments36 min readLW link

Would you like me to de­bug your math?

GurkenglasJun 11, 2021, 10:54 AM
65 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­vey on AI ex­is­ten­tial risk scenarios

Jun 8, 2021, 5:12 PM
65 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Re­plac­ing Guilt audiobook

gianlucatrudaJun 25, 2021, 1:38 PM
65 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Five Sugges­tions For Ra­tion­al­ity Re­search and Devel­op­ment

LoganStrohlJun 14, 2021, 1:09 AM
64 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment on the lab leak hypothesis

Jeffrey LadishJun 11, 2021, 10:49 PM
63 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Em­piri­cal Ob­ser­va­tions of Ob­jec­tive Ro­bust­ness Failures

Jun 23, 2021, 11:23 PM
63 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Look­ing Deeper at Deconfusion

adamShimiJun 13, 2021, 9:29 PM
62 points
13 comments15 min readLW link

The value of low-con­scien­tious­ness peo­ple on teams

CraigMichaelJun 14, 2021, 2:06 AM
60 points
16 comments6 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 9 - Finite Fac­tored Sets with Scott Garrabrant

DanielFilanJun 24, 2021, 10:10 PM
59 points
2 comments59 min readLW link

In­tro to Debt Crises

Connor_FlexmanJun 28, 2021, 11:50 PM
59 points
5 comments10 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ments with a ran­dom clock

MalmesburyJun 13, 2021, 5:08 PM
58 points
12 comments7 min readLW link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

Covid 6/​10: Some­body Else’s Problem

ZviJun 10, 2021, 1:10 PM
57 points
26 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why did no LessWrong dis­course on gain of func­tion re­search de­velop in 2013/​2014?

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 11:35 PM
56 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on War: Grand Strategy

johnswentworthJun 18, 2021, 10:55 PM
55 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] How will OpenAI + GitHub’s Copi­lot af­fect pro­gram­ming?

smountjoyJun 29, 2021, 4:42 PM
55 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Fauci’s Emails and the Lab Leak Hypothesis

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 1:55 PM
53 points
12 comments14 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 6: Mechwarrior

lsusrJun 7, 2021, 8:20 PM
52 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

The Moon is Down; I have not heard the clock

chemslugJun 13, 2021, 1:40 AM
52 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

We need a stan­dard set of com­mu­nity ad­vice for how to fi­nan­cially pre­pare for AGI

GeneSmithJun 7, 2021, 7:24 AM
51 points
52 comments5 min readLW link

Re­in­forc­ing Habits

lynettebyeJun 21, 2021, 10:41 AM
50 points
4 comments4 min readLW link