| --- |
| language: |
| - en |
| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| tags: |
| - lesswrong |
| - ai-safety |
| - alignment |
| pretty_name: Ryan Greenblatt — LessWrong Writing |
| configs: |
| - config_name: posts |
| data_files: posts/*.parquet |
| - config_name: shortforms |
| data_files: shortforms/*.parquet |
| - config_name: comments |
| data_files: comments/*.parquet |
| --- |
| |
| # Ryan Greenblatt — LessWrong Writing |
|
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| All of [Ryan Greenblatt](https://www.lesswrong.com/users/ryan_greenblatt)'s public |
| writing on LessWrong, scraped from the LessWrong GraphQL API. |
|
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| **Coverage:** 2019-08-23 → 2026-03-26. |
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| ## Configs |
|
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| | Config | Rows | Description | |
| |---|---|---| |
| | `posts` | 66 | Long-form posts authored (or co-authored) by Ryan | |
| | `shortforms` | 50 | Shortform posts | |
| | `comments` | 1,123 | Ryan's comments on others' (and his own) posts, with post context | |
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| ## Schemas |
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| ### `posts` |
| - `id`, `title`, `slug`, `url`, `body` (markdown) |
| - `posted_at` (ISO 8601), `karma`, `word_count`, `comment_count` |
| - `coauthors` (list of usernames) |
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| ### `shortforms` |
| - `id`, `body`, `posted_at`, `karma`, `word_count`, `comment_count` |
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| ### `comments` |
| - `id`, `body`, `posted_at`, `karma`, `parent_comment_id` |
| - Post context: `post_id`, `post_title`, `post_slug`, `post_url`, `post_author`, `post_posted_at` |
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| ## Source |
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| Scraped via the LessWrong GraphQL API. Cross-posted Alignment Forum content is |
| included (it lives on the same backend). Content is also publicly available at |
| the source URLs. |
|
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| ## License |
|
|
| The text is © Ryan Greenblatt and his coauthors. This dataset packages public |
| LessWrong writing under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), |
| matching the [LessWrong default license](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KEM3PQQp8wDwxvNvT/lesswrong-license). |
| Coauthored posts retain their respective coauthors' rights. |
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