MichaelHoward

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MichaelHoward 28 Nov 2017 12:34 UTC
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on: Security Mindset and the Logistic Success Curve
These posts finally made me get Something Important:
Akrasia is a security problem, and not just against external adversaries like advertising.
Is there anything good written yet about solving this domain of problems from a security mindset perspective?

MichaelHoward 26 Nov 2017 22:29 UTC
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in reply to: John_Maxwell’s comment on: Security Mindset and Ordinary Paranoia
“manage your working memory carefully” <--- This sounds like a potentially important skill that I wasn’t aware of. Please could you elaborate?

MichaelHoward 1 May 2016 11:45 UTC
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in reply to: HungryHobo’s comment on: JFK was not assassinated: prior probability zero events
https://arbital.com/p/nearest_unblocked/

MichaelHoward 2 Dec 2014 19:18 UTC
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on: [LINK] Steven Hawking warns of the dangers of AI
It was also on the BBC TV main evening news today, and BBC News 24.

Edit: more from them here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30293863

MichaelHoward 15 Mar 2014 2:13 UTC
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on: Rationality Quotes March 2014

How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

-- Napoleon Bonaparte.

MichaelHoward 21 Nov 2013 13:24 UTC
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in reply to: yli’s comment on: Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin
Apparently that’s old. The address currently on their website is https://blockchain.info/address/1BszW45pwXx7d7g4x9Xxbs9MGJEQcJsd3v although that hasn’t received any coins yet.

Maybe the old one is fine too, but unless someone can shed light on why they changed from the old address, it’s probably best not to send coins to it, although I’d hope if it had become unsafe they would have announced it loudly.

MichaelHoward 25 May 2013 10:51 UTC
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in reply to: SilasBarta’s comment on: Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin
They’re now accepting it again, and even spoke at the last conference.

MichaelHoward 27 Mar 2013 3:36 UTC
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on: Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin
I hope SI/MIRI has been holding on to those donated bitcoins!

MichaelHoward 22 Mar 2013 13:14 UTC
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in reply to: Cthulhoo’s comment on: [LINK] Transcendence (2014) -- A movie about “technological singularity”
Be gur svefg rcvfbqr bs Znk Urnqebbz...

MichaelHoward 21 Mar 2013 1:31 UTC
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on: Open thread, March 17-31, 2013
As it’s been queried how many physicists, mathematicians, etc. currently believe what about QM, I thought this paper (no paywall, Yay!) might interest a few of you: A Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics

For example, question 12: Copenhagen 42% Information 24% Everett 18%

Here, we present the results of a poll carried out among 33 participants of a conference on the foundations of quantum mechanics. The participants completed a questionnaire containing 16 multiple-choice questions probing opinions on quantum-foundational issues. Participants included physicists, philosophers, and mathematicians. We describe our findings, identify commonly held views, and determine strong, medium, and weak correlations between the answers. Our study provides a unique snapshot of current views in the field of quantum foundations, as well as an analysis of the relationships between these views.

MichaelHoward 19 Mar 2013 0:30 UTC
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on: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Bookshelves
That is the second most Ravenclaw thing I have ever heard.

MichaelHoward 18 Mar 2013 15:53 UTC
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on: Recent updates to gwern.net (2012-2013)
For the overwhelmed, here’s a summary snippet to encourage further investigation… (in rot13 for those who’d consider it spoilers, or just think Down With This Sort Of Thing).

From the Dual N-Back FAQ:

Gb gubfr jubfr gvzr vf yvzvgrq: lbh znl jvfu gb fgbc ernqvat urer. Vs lbh frrx gb vzcebir lbhe yvsr, naq jnag gur terngrfg “onat sbe gur ohpx”, lbh ner jryy-nqivfrq gb ybbx ryfrjurer.

Zrqvgngvba, sbe rknzcyr, vf rnfvre, snfgre, naq hygen-cbegnoyr. Glcvat genvavat jvyy qverpgyl vzcebir lbhe snpvyvgl jvgu n pbzchgre, n inyhnoyr fxvyy sbe guvf zbqrea jbeyq. Fcnprq ercrgvgvba zrzbevmngvba grpuavdhrf bssre hacnenyyryrq nqinagntrf gb fghqragf. Abbgebcvpf ner gur rcvgbzr bs rnfr (whfg fjnyybj!), naq gurve rssrpgf ner zhpu zber rnfvyl nffrffrq—bar pna rira eha qbhoyr-oyvaq rkcrevzragf ba barfrys, vzcbffvoyr jvgu qhny A-onpx. Bgure fhccyrzragf yvxr zryngbava pna qryvire orarsvgf vapbzzrafhenoyr jvgu QAO—jung vf gur pbtavgvir inyhr bs nabgure ahzore va jbexvat zrzbel gunaxf gb QAO pbzcnerq gb n tbbq avtug’f fyrrc gunaxf gb zryngbava? Zbqrfg punatrf gb bar’f qvrg naq raivebaf pna shaqnzragnyyl vzcebir bar’f jryy-orvat. Rira onfvp genvavat va ernqvat, jvgu gur pehqrfg gnpuvfgbfpbcr grpuavdhrf, pna cnl ynetr qvivqraqf vs bar vf orybj n onfvp yriry bs ernqvat yvxr 200JCZ & fgvyy fhoibpnyvmvat. Naq nyy bs gurfr pna fgneg cnlvat bss vzzrqvngryl.

...and his favorite nootropics are:
1. Zbqnsvavy/nezbqnsvavy
2. Zryngbava
3. Pnssrvar+gurnavar
4. Cvenprgnz+pubyvar
5. Ivgnzva Q
6. Fhyohgvnzvar
7. Svfu bvy

MichaelHoward 17 Mar 2013 14:32 UTC
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in reply to: Dr_Manhattan’s comment on: Imposing conditions that would have been evidence about optimal behaviour in the EEA
See also that post.

MichaelHoward 15 Mar 2013 17:07 UTC
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in reply to: Dr_Manhattan’s comment on: Risks of downloading alien AI via SETI search
Fixed link.

MichaelHoward 15 Mar 2013 3:52 UTC
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in reply to: Qiaochu_Yuan’s comment on: Imposing conditions that would have been evidence about optimal behaviour in the EEA
See also this post.

You learn most quickly immediately after ending a long fast. Your brain thinks you just learned something that saved it from starvation.

MichaelHoward 14 Mar 2013 22:03 UTC
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in reply to: Manfred’s comment on: Exercise in dissolving
Ner lbh ernyyl mreb creprag fher gung’f pbeerpg? Pbhyq lbh fcraq rgreavgl tvivat nafjref jvgu gur fnzr zrgn-pbagenqvpgbel pbasvqrapr naq abg or evtug rira bapr?

MichaelHoward 14 Mar 2013 16:51 UTC
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on: Exercise in dissolving
For extra loopiness, (C) should say 33-and-1/3%.

MichaelHoward 12 Mar 2013 20:36 UTC
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on: You only need faith in two things

You only need faith in two things: …that some single large ordinal is well-ordered.

I’m confused. What do you mean by faith in… well, properties of abstract formal systems? That some single large ordinal must exist in at least one of your models for it to usefully model reality (or other models)?

MichaelHoward 12 Mar 2013 16:22 UTC
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on: Rationality Habits I Learned at the CFAR Workshop
What is Turbocharging Training?

MichaelHoward 12 Mar 2013 16:18 UTC
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on: Rationality Habits I Learned at the CFAR Workshop
What is the Planning Kata?