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ChristianKl comments on Motivation and Merciless Commitment Contracts - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 09 August 2013 02:27:05PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure whether the kind of confidence that involved in asking "have you seen my pet fish?" is the kind that's generally a good thing.

It's not the kind of action where it's very valuable to be able to perform it.

It might make sense to train on something that doesn't have negative externalities to other people.