/r/slatestarcodex/

r/slatestarcodex

81k members
r/slatestarcodex is a subreddit with 81k members. The community frequently discusses looking for, ai, worst, philosophy, and technology, and they frequently recommend/review simulation software, charities, and nootropic, and the most common flair used is ai, politics, medicine, misc, and rationality.
Slate Star Codex was the former name for a blog by Scott Alexander about human cognition, politics, and medicine. In 2021, the name was changed to Astral Codex Ten: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/

Popular Topics in r/slatestarcodex

#1

Looking For

36 posts
#2

Ai

: "An Ai Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me - More Things Have Happened"
36 posts
#3

Worst

11 posts
#4

Philosophy

9 posts
#5

Technology

8 posts
#6

Hate

6 posts
#7

Intelligence

: "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis"
6 posts
#8

Writing

5 posts
#9

Future

: "Oh my lord. A doubling in METR time task horizon at ~2 months. What implications does this have for AI 2027?"
5 posts
#10

Ethics

4 posts

Products Discussed in r/slatestarcodex

#1
Microsoft Excel
3.0 from 1 review

Charities

1 review
#1
Giving What We Can
5.0 from 1 review

Nootropic

1 review
#1
Cerebrolysin
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/slatestarcodex

#1
AI
: "Now is a great time to cancel your OpenAI/ChatGPT account and switch to Claude"
26 posts
#2
Politics
: "Another reason for "crime is declining, but people believe it’s getting worse""
6 posts
#3
Medicine
: "My Willing Complicity In "Human Rights Abuse""
5 posts
#4
Misc
: "Does anyone know the best evidence-based ways of fighting against physical and cognitive decline as we age?"
5 posts
#5
Rationality
: "Contra The Usual Interpretation Of “The Whispering Earring”"
5 posts
#6
Psychiatry
: "Chesterton's Pill"
3 posts
#7
Fun Thread
: "My journey to the microwave alternate timeline — LessWrong"
3 posts
#8
Science
: "No, we haven’t uploaded a fly yet"
3 posts
#9
Existential Risk
: "Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?"
3 posts
#10
Senpai noticed~
: "Scott is in the Epstein files!"
2 posts

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Yearly
+10k members(14.2%)

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Last updated: June 15, 2026