Jay95

One thing I believe happens a lot to effective altruists, who are generally (all?) consequentialists of some sort, is that their rational calculus leads them to efface themselves or lead a life much more miserable than they would've if they had spent less time thinking about their altruism. I think...

I have this idea that is not a contender with the serious formal reasoning that people who know a hell of a lot about AI are able to do, but nonetheless I think could be useful for them to hear. The idea is that for a mind (in a broad...

Wouldn't a mind getting better at executing its utility function cause it to create utility for more alternate functions? Is there a saving grace of increasing intelligence?