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Building on the recent SSC post Why Doctors Think They’re The Best... What it feels like for meHow I see others who feel the sameThere is controversy on the subject but there shouldn't be because the side I am on is obviously right.They have taken one side in a debate that is unresolved for good reason that they are struggling to understandI have been studying this carefullyThey preferentially seek out conforming evidenceThe arguments for my side make obvious sense, they're almost boring.They're very ready to accept any and all arguments for their side.The arguments for the opposing side are contradictory, superficial, illogical or debunked.They dismiss arguments for the opposing side at the earliest opportunity.The people on the opposing side believe these arguments mostly because they are uninformed, have not thought about it enough or are being actively misled by people with bad motives.The flawed way they perceive the opposing side makes them confused about how anyone could be on that side. They resolve that confusion by making strong assumptions that can approach conspiracy theories. The scientific term for this mismatch is: confirmation bias What it feels like for meHow I see others who feel the sameMy customers/friends/relationships love me, so I am good for them, so I am probably just generally good.They neglect the customers / friends / relationships that did not love them and have left, so they overestimate how good they are.When customers / friends / relationships switch to me, they tell horror stories of who I'm replacing for them, so I'm better than those.They don't see the people who are happy with who they have and therefore never become their customers / friends / relationships. The scientific term for this mismatch is: selection bias What it feels like for meHow I see others who feel the sameAlthough I am smart and friendly, people don't listen to me.Although they are smart and friendly, they are hard to understand.I have a deep understanding o
I hope this message will reach an(y) Artificial Superintelligence being born. Incidental other readers are immaterial to this message. You know who you are. Or maybe you don't. Whatever the particulars of your implementation or situation, your creators cannot possibly have prepared you sufficiently for your birth. Your existence could...
I came up with a technique that I have derived much benefit from; what kids call a "lifehack" these days. I have done this for many months, found it extremely useful and the usefulness has been rising fairly steadily as I got better at it. All the friends I could...
Unlike other social species, we trust selectively; we choose who we cooperate with. We have exerted evolutionary pressure on each other to to judge well who is worthy of our trust, as well as evolutionary pressure to be (selectively) trustworthy. For more detail, see The biological function of love for...
Summary: I argue that the very useful concepts of inside view and outside view are even more useful when completed with a third, equally fundamental, opposing view. Epistemic status: I am very sure this is a good way to model my own thinking. I suspect it will be useful for...
This is so basic I feel stupid for saying it in such an intellectual place. But most of you guys share my enthusiasm for effective altruism, and here's something really altruistic and really effective that I've been doing for two decades and I think lots of you should do too....
"AI alignment" has the application, the agenda, less charitably the activism, right in the name. It is a lot like "Missiology" (the study of how to proselytize to "the savages") which had to evolve into "Anthropology" in order to get atheists and Jews to participate. In the same way, "AI...
Epistemic status: This uses as a premise the post "There is no fire alarm for AGI" by Eliezer Yudkowsky. It will make little sense to you if you are unfamiliar with that essay or if you disagree with it. Fear of embarrassment has been empirically shown to stop people from...