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Epistemic Legibility
Elizabeth
Feb 9, 2022, 6:10 PM
310
points
30
comments
20
min read
LW
link
1
review
(acesounderglass.com)
12 interesting things I learned studying the discovery of nature’s laws
Ben Pace
Feb 19, 2022, 11:39 PM
268
points
40
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
Butterfly Ideas
Elizabeth
Feb 22, 2022, 7:40 AM
214
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(acesounderglass.com)
Intro to Naturalism: Orientation
LoganStrohl
and
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
Feb 13, 2022, 7:52 AM
187
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
IMO challenge bet with Eliezer
paulfchristiano
Feb 26, 2022, 4:50 AM
182
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Russia has Invaded Ukraine
lsusr
Feb 24, 2022, 7:52 AM
174
points
268
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Impossibility results for unbounded utilities
paulfchristiano
Feb 2, 2022, 3:52 AM
167
points
109
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Beta Feature] Google-Docs-like editing for LessWrong posts
Ruby
and
jimrandomh
Feb 23, 2022, 1:52 AM
165
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Learning By Writing
HoldenKarnofsky
Feb 22, 2022, 3:50 PM
153
points
25
comments
10
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(www.cold-takes.com)
Alignment research exercises
Richard_Ngo
Feb 21, 2022, 8:24 PM
151
points
17
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The metaphor you want is “color blindness,” not “blind spot.”
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
Feb 14, 2022, 12:28 AM
151
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Twitter thread on postrationalists
Eli Tyre
Feb 17, 2022, 9:02 AM
143
points
33
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On Bounded Distrust
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 2:50 PM
138
points
19
comments
56
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
You have a place to stay in Sweden, should you need it.
Dojan
Feb 27, 2022, 1:21 AM
134
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Territory
LoganStrohl
Feb 15, 2022, 6:56 PM
134
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Monks of Magnitude
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
Feb 18, 2022, 7:48 AM
130
points
50
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
Patient Observation
LoganStrohl
Feb 23, 2022, 7:31 PM
129
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
1
review
Harms and possibilities of schooling
TsviBT
Feb 22, 2022, 7:48 AM
123
points
38
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
Theses on Sleep
guzey
Feb 11, 2022, 12:58 PM
111
points
104
comments
34
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Voting Results for the 2020 Review
Raemon
Feb 2, 2022, 6:37 PM
108
points
17
comments
59
min read
LW
link
The Big Picture Of Alignment (Talk Part 1)
johnswentworth
Feb 21, 2022, 5:49 AM
104
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
To Change the World
lsusr
Feb 10, 2022, 6:08 AM
104
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Long Long Covid Post
Zvi
Feb 10, 2022, 1:10 PM
103
points
29
comments
52
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
How satisfied should you expect to be with your partner?
Vaniver
Feb 22, 2022, 11:27 PM
102
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Knowing
LoganStrohl
Feb 13, 2022, 7:53 AM
97
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 3. Two subsystems: Learning & Steering
Steven Byrnes
Feb 9, 2022, 1:09 PM
95
points
3
comments
25
min read
LW
link
Prizes for the 2020 Review
Raemon
Feb 20, 2022, 9:07 PM
94
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Compute Trends Across Three eras of Machine Learning
Jsevillamol
,
Pablo Villalobos
,
lennart
,
Marius Hobbhahn
,
Tamay Besiroglu
and
anson.ho
Feb 16, 2022, 2:18 PM
94
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
QNR prospects are important for AI alignment research
Eric Drexler
Feb 3, 2022, 3:20 PM
94
points
12
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
Observations about writing and commenting on the internet
dynomight
Feb 15, 2022, 12:02 AM
94
points
10
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(dynomight.net)
Bryan Caplan meets Socrates
Sam Enright
Feb 5, 2022, 12:24 PM
93
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Convoy Crackdown
Zvi
Feb 21, 2022, 10:10 PM
92
points
21
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Naturalism
LoganStrohl
Feb 24, 2022, 7:45 PM
90
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Alignment versus AI Alignment
Alex Flint
Feb 4, 2022, 10:59 PM
88
points
15
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Clarifying the palatability theory of obesity
Matthew Barnett
Feb 10, 2022, 7:16 PM
88
points
19
comments
10
min read
LW
link
A Quick Look At 20% Time
Elizabeth
Feb 4, 2022, 10:10 PM
86
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Observation
LoganStrohl
Feb 19, 2022, 6:47 PM
84
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
OpenAI Solves (Some) Formal Math Olympiad Problems
Michaël Trazzi
Feb 2, 2022, 9:49 PM
78
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A comment on Ajeya Cotra’s draft report on AI timelines
Matthew Barnett
Feb 24, 2022, 12:41 AM
74
points
13
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Christiano and Yudkowsky on AI predictions and human intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Feb 23, 2022, 9:34 PM
70
points
35
comments
42
min read
LW
link
Abstractions as Redundant Information
johnswentworth
Feb 13, 2022, 4:17 AM
69
points
9
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Implications of automated ontology identification
Alex Flint
,
adamShimi
and
Robert Miles
Feb 18, 2022, 3:30 AM
69
points
27
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Ngo and Yudkowsky on scientific reasoning and pivotal acts
Eliezer Yudkowsky
and
Richard_Ngo
Feb 21, 2022, 8:54 PM
67
points
14
comments
35
min read
LW
link
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 4. The “short-term predictor”
Steven Byrnes
Feb 16, 2022, 1:12 PM
66
points
11
comments
13
min read
LW
link
How I Formed My Own Views About AI Safety
Neel Nanda
Feb 27, 2022, 6:50 PM
66
points
6
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Conspiracy-proof archeology
Malmesbury
Feb 27, 2022, 10:59 PM
65
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Interlude: On Realness
LoganStrohl
Feb 17, 2022, 7:02 PM
63
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why Doesn’t Healthcare Improve Health?
George3d6
Feb 16, 2022, 11:28 AM
63
points
19
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(www.epistem.ink)
My attitude towards death
Richard_Ngo
Feb 25, 2022, 3:20 PM
63
points
31
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Whence the sexes?
Richard_Ngo
Feb 13, 2022, 8:40 PM
61
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
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