Epistemic status: I'm describing a problem I have, which probably has an existing solution. 1. Let's say you're reading an article, and there's one sentence in particular that doesn't stick out to you. The sentence seems intuitive, so your eyes slide over it and continue down the page. This happens...
Epistemic status: This is a summary / review / critique of a workshop I attended today. The workshop's materials are not publically available, so I don't expect any productive discussion regarding the workshop itself. This is mostly for myself to process the new information. Introduction I work at a consulting...
Epistemic status: I'm describing a problem I have, which probably has an existing solution.
Let's say you're reading an article, and there's one sentence in particular that doesn't stick out to you. The sentence seems intuitive, so your eyes slide over it and continue down the page.
This happens when your intuition matches with the sentence. The sentence follows some subconscious prediction. It does not surprise you. You extract no evidence from the sentence, and you don't update your beliefs.
The sentence is a missed opportunity. Its presence narrows the possibilities for the territory (unless you really did predict those words in that order). Some update should happen.
The immediate territory here is, which words the... (read 430 more words →)
Epistemic status: This is a summary / review / critique of a workshop I attended today. The workshop's materials are not publically available, so I don't expect any productive discussion regarding the workshop itself. This is mostly for myself to process the new information.
I work at a consulting firm. All new hires attend an annual course. The course consists of three full-day workshops.
I'm making this sound like a corporate nightmare, but it's not. The format is very flexible. The organizer has a slide deck, but it mostly serves as a seed for group discussion. The first slide is a Kendrick Lamar song. Hopefully that conveys the tone of the workshop.
From here on,... (read 631 more words →)
Hey, I'm new here. I'm looking for help on dealing with akrasia. My most common failure mode is as follows: when I have many different tasks to do, I'm not able to start any one of them.
I'm planning on working through the hammertime sequence: i've asked for 9 days off work, for a total of 13 days free. Will this be achievable / helpful? What other resources are available?
Specs:
DC area. Have read MoR, Sig. Digits, Inadequate Equilibria, and half of the Sequences. Heavy background in Math/CS/Physics.
I know the answer to "couldn't you just-" is always "no", but couldn't you just make an AI that doesn't try very hard? i.e., it seeks the smallest possible intervention that ensures 95% chance of whatever goal it's intended for.
This isn't a utility maximizer, because it cares about intermediate states. Some of the coherence theorems wouldn't apply.