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Belief in Belief
Paul Kent8mo20

The recent conception of the hostile telepaths problem goes a long way towards explaining why people believe in belief in the first place.

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AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities
Paul Kent2y30

Facebook's recommendation algorithm causing thousands of teenage girls to kill themselves

 

Can I get a link or two to read more about this incident?

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Ends Don't Justify Means (Among Humans)
Paul Kent2y10

It just occurred to me that this post serves as a fairly compelling argument in favor of a modest epistemology, which in 2017 Eliezer wrote a whole book arguing against. ("I think I'm doing this for the good of the tribe, but maybe I'm just fooling myself" is definitely an "outside view".) Eliezer, have you changed your mind since writing this post? If so, where do you think your past self went awry? If not, how do you reconcile the ideas in this article with the idea that modest epistemology is harmful?

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