adamShimi(Adam Shimi)

Karma: 5,849

Epistemologist specialized in the difficulties of alignment. Currently at Conjecture, and running Refine.

Assigning Praise and Blame: Decoupling Epistemology and Decision Theory

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

27 Jan 2023 18:16 UTC

59 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Lost in Innovation: The Case of Phlogiston

adamShimi20 Jan 2023 12:19 UTC

15 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Group-level Consequences of Psychological Problems

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

19 Jan 2023 9:27 UTC

28 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Confusing the ideal for the necessary

adamShimi16 Jan 2023 17:29 UTC

79 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

The special nature of special relativity

adamShimi9 Jan 2023 17:30 UTC

37 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Reification bias

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

9 Jan 2023 12:22 UTC

25 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Nothing New: Productive Reframing

adamShimi7 Jan 2023 18:43 UTC

44 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Opportunity Cost Blackmail

adamShimi2 Jan 2023 13:48 UTC

70 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Proof as mere strong evidence

adamShimi14 Dec 2022 8:56 UTC

28 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Psychological Disorders and Problems

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

12 Dec 2022 18:15 UTC

39 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Confusing the goal and the path

adamShimi12 Dec 2022 16:42 UTC

44 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Formalization as suspension of intuition

adamShimi11 Dec 2022 15:16 UTC

54 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

The First Filter

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

26 Nov 2022 19:37 UTC

67 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

What I Learned Running Refine

adamShimi24 Nov 2022 14:49 UTC

108 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Methodological Therapy: An Agenda For Tackling Research Bottlenecks

adamShimi, Lucas Teixeira and remember

22 Sep 2022 18:41 UTC

54 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

Refine’s Third Blog Post Day/Week

adamShimi17 Sep 2022 17:03 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Refine’s Second Blog Post Day

adamShimi20 Aug 2022 13:01 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

No One-Size-Fit-All Epistemic Strategy

adamShimi20 Aug 2022 12:56 UTC

23 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Refine’s First Blog Post Day

adamShimi13 Aug 2022 10:23 UTC

55 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Shapes of Mind and Pluralism in Alignment

adamShimi13 Aug 2022 10:01 UTC

33 points

2 comments2 min readLW link