The other three were all excellent posts, each cut primarily for space. They were Larks’ 2018 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison, (which was almost the length of a single additional book!) plus was fairly recency-based and not very evergreen, Katja Grace’s Will AI See Sudden Progress?, which had >50% overlap in ideas with Paul Christiano’s Arguments About Fast Takeoff (which itself was higher in the review so took precedence), and Scott Alexander’s A LessWrong Crypto Autopsy. As I say, all excellent content, I wish we’d had more space for it.
This FAQ says that only 41 of the top 44 essays were included, but the back cover in the sample says that:
Also, what were the other three, and why were they omitted?
The other three were all excellent posts, each cut primarily for space. They were Larks’ 2018 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison, (which was almost the length of a single additional book!) plus was fairly recency-based and not very evergreen, Katja Grace’s Will AI See Sudden Progress?, which had >50% overlap in ideas with Paul Christiano’s Arguments About Fast Takeoff (which itself was higher in the review so took precedence), and Scott Alexander’s A LessWrong Crypto Autopsy. As I say, all excellent content, I wish we’d had more space for it.