Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on The Last Days of the Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 February 2010 03:46AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 February 2010 08:41:28PM 11 points [-]

I suspect that this reasoning is not only reasonably defensible, but also much more palatable; that the underlying biases are tested much less strongly by the policy conclusion "give the bulk of your money to one charity" than "give nothing to other charities". I will try to remember to use this version henceforth.

Comment author: ciphergoth 01 March 2010 08:42:03AM 8 points [-]

I have to confess, if I had a lot of money to donate I'd find it very hard to swallow this advice whole and give it all to the SIAI; I'd feel like donating half to GiveWell or suchlike would be a "hedge" against the possibility that I fear UFAI for irrational reasons I haven't identified. However, I can't find a reason to think that uncertainty about my own sanity will plug into the math any differently than any other kind of uncertainty.