meta note that I would currently recommend against spending much time with Watanabe’s original texts for most people interested in SLT. Good to be aware of the overall outlines but much of what most people would want to know is better explained elsewhere [e.g. I would recommend first reading most posts with the SLT tag on LessWrong before doing a deep dive in Watanabe]
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if you do insist on reading Watanabe, I highly recommend you make use of AI assistance. I.e. download a pdf, cut down them down into chapters and upload to your favorite LLM.
Indeed, we know about those posts! Lmk if you have a recommendation for a better textbook-level treatment of any of it (modern papers etc). So far the grey book feels pretty standard in terms of pedagogical quality.
meta note that I would currently recommend against spending much time with Watanabe’s original texts for most people interested in SLT. Good to be aware of the overall outlines but much of what most people would want to know is better explained elsewhere [e.g. I would recommend first reading most posts with the SLT tag on LessWrong before doing a deep dive in Watanabe]
meta note *
if you do insist on reading Watanabe, I highly recommend you make use of AI assistance. I.e. download a pdf, cut down them down into chapters and upload to your favorite LLM.
Indeed, we know about those posts! Lmk if you have a recommendation for a better textbook-level treatment of any of it (modern papers etc). So far the grey book feels pretty standard in terms of pedagogical quality.