Reusing simulation of human thoughts for simulation of future events. David Krueger. Link. $20
Options for transfer:
1) Venmo. Send me a request at @Michael-Cohen-45.
2) Send me your email address, and I’ll send you an Amazon gift card (or some other electronic gift card you’d like to specify).
3) Name a charity for me to donate the money to.
I would like to exert a bit of pressure not to do 3, and spend the money on something frivolous instead :) I want to reward your consciousness, more than your reflectively endorsed preferences, if you’re up for that. On that note, here’s one more option:
4) Send me a private message with a shipping address, and I’ll get you something cool (or a few things).
Thanks for a really productive conversation in the comment section so far. Here are the comments which won prizes.
Comment prizes:
Objection to the term benign (and ensuing conversation). Wei Dei. Link. $20
A plausible dangerous side-effect. Wei Dai. Link. $40
Short description length of simulated aliens predicting accurately. Wei Dai. Link. $120
Answers that look good to a human vs. actually good answers. Paul Christiano. Link. $20
Consequences of having the prior be based on K(s), with s a description of a Turing machine. Paul Christiano. Link. $90
Simulated aliens converting simple world-models into fast approximations thereof. Paul Christiano. Link. $35
Simulating suffering agents. cousin_it. Link. $20
Reusing simulation of human thoughts for simulation of future events. David Krueger. Link. $20
Options for transfer:
1) Venmo. Send me a request at @Michael-Cohen-45.
2) Send me your email address, and I’ll send you an Amazon gift card (or some other electronic gift card you’d like to specify).
3) Name a charity for me to donate the money to.
I would like to exert a bit of pressure not to do 3, and spend the money on something frivolous instead :) I want to reward your consciousness, more than your reflectively endorsed preferences, if you’re up for that. On that note, here’s one more option:
4) Send me a private message with a shipping address, and I’ll get you something cool (or a few things).