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I recommend O'Reilly's Mind Performance Hacks and the accompanying Mentat Wiki. I was particularly interested in the exoself which is really just a combination of the Hipster PDA and a Motivaider.
Also, touchtyping is the closest thing to a Direct Neural Interface you can get today. If you don't know how to do it, learn!
For something slightly different, I am attempting to increase my reading speed ( I am primarily an English speaker, but English was my second language, which probably explains the initial slowness) using QuickReader app for iPad.
This app lets you predefine the reading speed (timing yourself and word counting is annoying) and uses a pointer to pace you through the material.
I am up to 380 wpm in the app, cannot confirm how transferable the skill is outside of the app quantitatively, but it feels like there is some improvement, though sometimes it feels like I am rushing through faster than I comprehend; OTOH my iPad is always with me and I have electronic versions of a lot of my reading.
One thing to fix down the line is to have "trained modes" for materials of different difficulty and ability to trade off recall for speed.
A small koan on utility functions that "refer to the real world".
Question to Clippy: would you agree to move into a simulation where you'd have all the paperclips you want?
Question to humans: would you agree to all of humankind moving into a simulation where we would fulfill our CEV (at least, all terms of it that don't mention "not living in a simulation")?
In both cases assume you have mathematical proof that the simulation is indestructible and perfectly tamper-resistant.
Does Clippy maximise number-of-paperclips-in-universe (given all available information) or some proxy variable like number-of-paperclips-counted-so-far? If the former, Clippy does not want to move to a simulation. If the latter, Clippy does want to move to a simulation.
The same analysis applies to humankind.
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I'll have a go. I'm in Oxford.
A pickup line: "I want to update on your posterior."
Recommended accompaniment: the "buddy" gesture
A pickup line: "I'll maximise your utility if you utilise my virility."
Let me try a rewrite...
Rationalist overheard in hell:
"... I wouldn't even be down here if they hadn't found my frozen brain - talk about a Smoking Gun..."
Awww... Don't downvote YYUUUU, It's rationalist anti-humour! What a great idea!
How do you prevent a rapidly self-replicating em from driving wages down to subsistence level?
HIT IT WITH AN AXE
A p-zombie walks into a bar but is fundamentally incapable of perceiving its situation and so to derive humour would be exploitative.
A guy walks into an AI conference and says he thinks he can create Friendly AI using complex emergent chaotic simulated paradigms.
So I stabbed him.
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The article you linked doesn't actually mention any intelligence benefits.
As far as I know, there are none. I mention it because I find I tend to be fresher and more motivated in the morning, so if I wanted to take up a new habit such as practicing dual n-back, I would schedule it in the morning. I'm really just throwing out ideas for the wiki.