By examining many such transitions, I discovered some generalizations about the unconscious function that takes thought N to thought N+1.
I’m very interested, please elaborate!
Eliezer,
You started noticing the value of beating specific biases at age 15, but apparently didn’t get the importance of heuristics and biases in general till 2003. Why did that reflective generalisation take so long, when in hindsight it’s so vital for your chosen path? That’s not meant as criticism—I’ve done this too. I want to know how to fix it.
Incentive to think about this: doing so might lead you to notice something vital for safe seed AI.
Richard,
By examining many such transitions, I discovered some generalizations about the unconscious function that takes thought N to thought N+1.
I’m very interested, please elaborate!
Eliezer,
You started noticing the value of beating specific biases at age 15, but apparently didn’t get the importance of heuristics and biases in general till 2003. Why did that reflective generalisation take so long, when in hindsight it’s so vital for your chosen path? That’s not meant as criticism—I’ve done this too. I want to know how to fix it.
Incentive to think about this: doing so might lead you to notice something vital for safe seed AI.