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Shard Theory in Nine Theses: a Distillation and Critical Appraisal
LawrenceC
1d
9
44
Positive values seem more robust and lasting than prohibitions
TurnTrout
3d
9
47
Setting the Zero Point
Duncan_Sabien
11d
38
424
Schelling fences on slippery slopes
Scott Alexander
10y
247
5
What's the best time-efficient alternative to the Sequences?
Trevor1
4d
8
40
Results from a survey on tool use and workflows in alignment research
jacquesthibs
1d
2
105
Geometric Rationality is Not VNM Rational
Scott Garrabrant
23d
19
0
Free Will is [REDACTED]
lsusr
14d
21
50
Noting an unsubstantiated communal belief about the FTX disaster
Yitz
1mo
52
45
The Least Controversial Application of Geometric Rationality
Scott Garrabrant
25d
22
22
Log-odds are better than Probabilities
Robert_AIZI
8d
4
26
D&D.Sci December 2022: The Boojumologist
abstractapplic
18d
8
40
How to deal with someone in a LessWrong meeting being creepy
Douglas_Reay
10y
776
196
Sexual Abuse attitudes might be infohazardous
Pseudonymous Otter
5mo
60
123
Shoulder Advisors 101
Duncan_Sabien
1y
127
132
Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
117
179
Simulacrum 3 As Stag-Hunt Strategy
johnswentworth
1y
36
105
Explainers Shoot High. Aim Low!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
35
6
Brain as hardware, memeplexes as software, language as the operating system
Severin T. Seehrich
1mo
14
108
Consider your appetite for disagreements
Adam Zerner
2mo
17
46
Wisdom Cannot Be Unzipped
Sable
1mo
13
-3
Do Timeless Decision Theorists reject all blackmail from other Timeless Decision Theorists?
myren
1mo
8
157
ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche
Rob Bensinger
5mo
35
79
Principles of Privacy for Alignment Research
johnswentworth
4mo
30
82
Focusing
CFAR!Duncan
4mo
22
44
Overton Gymnastics: An Exercise in Discomfort
Shoshannah Tekofsky
3mo
15
25
Simulacrum Levels of Trust
alkexr
1y
1
38
Some notes on solving hard problems
Joe Rocca
3mo
8