Here you can find common concepts (also referred to as "tags") that are used on LessWrong.
Theory / Concepts
Anticipated ExperiencesAumann's Agreement TheoremBayes TheoremBounded RationalityConservation of ExpectedContrarianismDecision TheoryEpistemologyGame TheoryGears-LevelHansonian Pre-RationalityInfra-BayesianismLaw-ThinkingMap and TerritoryNewcomb's ProblemOccam's razorRobust AgentsSolomonoff InductionTruth, Semantics, & MeaningUtility Functions
Applied Topics
AliefBettingCached ThoughtsCalibrationDark ArtsEmpiricismEpistemic ModestyForecasting & PredictionGroup RationalityIdentityInside/Outside ViewIntrospectionIntuitionPractice & Philosophy of ScienceScholarship & LearningTaking Ideas SeriouslyValue of Information
Failure Modes
Affect HeuristicAversion/Ugh FieldsBucket ErrorsCompartmentalizationConfirmation BiasFallaciesGoodhart’s LawGroupthinkHeuristics and BiasesMind Projection FallacyMotivated ReasoningPicaPitfalls of RationalityRationalization Self-DeceptionSunk-Cost Fallacy
Communication
Common KnowledgeConversationDecoupling vs ContextualizingDisagreementDistillation & PedagogyDouble-CruxGood Explanations (Advice)Ideological Turing TestsInferential DistanceInformation CascadesMemetic Immune SystemPhilosophy of LanguageSteelmanning
Techniques
Double-CruxFermi EstimationFocusingGoal FactoringInternal Double CruxHamming QuestionsMurphyjitsuNoticingTechniquesTrigger Action Planning/Patterns
Models of the Mind
ConsciousnessDual Process Theory (System 1 & 2)General IntelligenceSubagentsPredictive ProcessingPerceptual Control TheoryZombies
Other
Center for Applied RationalityCuriosityRationality A-Z (discussion and meta)Rationality QuotesUpdated Beliefs (examples of)
Basic Alignment Theory
AIXICoherent Extrapolated VolitionComplexity of ValueCorrigibilityDeceptive AlignmentDecision TheoryEmbedded AgencyFixed Point TheoremsGoodhart's LawGoal-DirectednessGradient HackingInfra-BayesianismInner AlignmentInstrumental ConvergenceIntelligence ExplosionLogical InductionLogical UncertaintyMesa-OptimizationMultipolar ScenariosMyopiaNewcomb's ProblemOptimizationOrthogonality ThesisOuter AlignmentPaperclip MaximizerPower Seeking (AI)Recursive Self-ImprovementSimulator TheorySharp Left TurnSolomonoff InductionSuperintelligenceSymbol GroundingTransformative AITreacherous TurnUtility FunctionsWhole Brain Emulation
Engineering Alignment
Agent FoundationsAI-assisted Alignment AI Boxing (Containment)Conservatism (AI)Debate (AI safety technique)Eliciting Latent Knowledge (ELK)Factored CognitionHumans Consulting HCHImpact MeasuresInverse Reinforcement LearningIterated AmplificationMild OptimizationOracle AIReward FunctionsRLHFShard TheoryTool AITransparency / InterpretabilityTripwireValue Learning
Organizations
AI Safety CampAlignment Research CenterAnthropicApart ResearchAXRPCHAI (UC Berkeley)Conjecture (org)DeepMindEncultured AI (org)FHI (Oxford)Future of Life InstituteMIRIOpenAIOughtSERI MATS
Strategy
AI Alignment Fieldbuilding AI GovernanceAI PersuasionAI RiskAI Risk Concrete StoriesAI Safety Public Materials AI Services (CAIS)AI Success Models AI TakeoffAI TimelinesComputing OverhangRegulation and AI RiskRestrain AI Development
AI Alignment Intro Materials AI CapabilitiesAI Questions Open ThreadCompute DALL-EGPTLanguage ModelsMachine LearningNarrow AINeuromorphic AIPrompt EngineeringReinforcement LearningResearch Agendas
Mathematical Sciences
AbstractionAnthropicsCategory TheoryCausalityComputer ScienceFree Energy PrincipleGame TheoryDecision TheoryInformation TheoryLogic & MathematicsProbability & Statistics
SpecificsPrisoner's DilemmaSleeping Beauty Paradox
General Science & Eng
Machine LearningNanotechnologyPhysicsProgrammingSpace Exploration & Colonization
SpecificsSimulation HypothesisThe Great Filter
Meta / Misc
Academic PapersBook ReviewsCounterfactualsDistillation & PedagogyFact PostsResearch AgendasScholarship & Learning
Social & Economic
EconomicsFinancial InvestingHistoryPoliticsProgress StudiesSocial and Cultural Dynamics
SpecificsConflict vs Mistake TheoryCost DiseaseEfficient Market HypothesisIndustrial RevolutionMoral MazesSignalingSocial RealitySocial Status
Biological & Psychological
AgingBiologyConsciousnessEvolutionEvolutionary PsychologyMedicineNeuroscienceQualia
SpecificsCoronavirusGeneral IntelligenceIQ / g-factorNeocortex
The Practice of Modeling
Epistemic ReviewExpertiseGears-Level ModelsFalsifiabilityFermi EstimationForecasting & PredictionForecasts (Lists of)Inside/Outside ViewIntellectual Progress (Society-Level)Intellectual Progress (Individual-Level)Jargon (meta)Practice and Philosophy of SciencePrediction MarketsReductionismReplicability
Moral Theory
AltruismConsequentialismDeontologyEthics & MoralityMetaethicsMoral UncertaintyTrolley Problem
Causes / Interventions
AgingAnimal WelfareClimate ChangeExistential RiskFuturismIntellectual ProgressMind UploadingLife ExtensionS-risksTranshumanismVoting Theory
Working with Humans
Coalitional InstinctsCommon KnowledgeCoordination / CooperationGame TheoryGroup RationalityInstitution DesignMolochOrganizational Design and CultureSignalingSimulacrum LevelsSocial Status
Acausal TradeBlackmailCensorshipChesterton's FenceDeathDeceptionHonestyHypocrisyInformation HazardsMeta-HonestyPascal's MuggingPrivacyWar
Value & Virtue
AmbitionArtAestheticsComplexity of ValueCourageFun TheoryPrinciplesSufferingSuperstimuliWireheading
Meta
80,000 HoursCause PrioritizationCenter for Long-term RiskEffective AltruismGiveWellHeroic Responsibility
Domains of Well-being
CareersEmotionsExercise (Physical)Financial InvestingGratitudeHappinessHuman BodiesNutritionParentingSlackSleepWell-being
Skills & Techniques
CryonicsEmotionsGoal FactoringHabitsHamming QuestionsIntellectual Progress (Individual-Level)Life ImprovementsMeditationMore DakkaNote-TakingPlanning & Decision-MakingSabbathSelf ExperimentationSkill BuildingSoftware ToolsSpaced RepetitionVirtues (Instrumental)
Productivity
AkrasiaAttentionMotivationsPrioritizationProcrastinationProductivityWillpower
All
Bounties (active)Grants & FundraisingGrowth StoriesOnline SocializationPetrov DayPublic DiscourseReading GroupResearch AgendasRitualSolstice Celebration
LessWrong
Events (Community)Site MetaGreaterWrong MetaIntellectual Progress via LessWrongLessWrong EventsLW ModerationMeetups (topic)Moderation (topic)The SF Bay AreaTagging
Content-Type
ArtChecklistsDialogue (form)Eldritch AnalogiesExercises / Problem-SetsHumorFictionOpen ProblemsParadoxesPoetryPostmortems & RetrospectivesSummaries
Format
Book ReviewsInterviewsList of LinksNewslettersOpen ThreadQ&A (format)SurveysTranscripts
Cross-Category
CookingEducationNarratives (stories)ReligionWriting
Miscellaneous
Fiction (topic)Gaming (videogames/tabletop)HPMOR (discussion & meta)