Audio narrations of LessWrong posts.
Remember: There is no such thing as a pink elephant. Recently, I was made aware that my “infohazard
I think that rationalists should consider taking more showers.As Eliezer Yudkowsky once said, boredo
After ~3 years as the ACX Meetup Czar, I've decided to resign from my position, and I intend to sca
The EA/rationality community has struggled to identify robust interventions for mitigating existent
Introduction A key part of modern social dynamics is flaking at short notice. However, anxiety in c
The book of March 2025 was Abundance. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are making a noble attempt to h
I'm not writing this to alarm anyone, but it would be irresponsible not to report on something this
Introduction Decision theory is about how to behave rationally under conditions of uncertainty, esp
For more than five years, I've posted more than 1× per week on Less Wrong, on average. I've learned
Project Lawful is really long. If anyone wants to go back to one of Keltham's lectures, here's a li
Our community is not prepared for an AI crash. We're good at tracking new capability developments,
Dear LessWrong community, It is with a sense of... considerable cognitive dissonance that I announc
Epistemic status - statistically verified. I'm writing this post to draw peoples' attention to a ne
Hey! Austin here. At Manifund, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to help AI go well. One
Back when the OpenAI board attempted and failed to fire Sam Altman, we faced a highly hostile inform
Epistemic status: The important content here is the claims. To illustrate the claims, I sometimes u
Now and then, at work, we’ll have a CEO on from the megacorp that owns the company I work at. It's
PDF version. berkeleygenomics.org. William Thurston was a world-renowned mathematician. His ideas
Includes a link to the full Gemini conversation, but setting the stage first: There is a puzzle. If
A new AI alignment player has entered the arena. Emmett Shear, Adam Goldstein and David Bloomin hav
