Exploring how OthelloGPT computes its world model
I completed this project for my bachelor's thesis and am now writing it up 2-3 months later. I think I found some interesting results that are worth sharing here. This post might be especially interesting for people who try to reverse-engineer OthelloGPT in the future. Summary * I suggest the...
Feb 2, 20258
Idea for a psychology study with the goal of defeating confirmations bias:
I think that confirmation bias (and all the biases it encompasses) is (one) of the most evil cognitive biases because it essentially causes peoples opinions to diverge (pretty much independent of what the evidence says), which causes society to be unable to pursue the best path of action.
Early studies showed the existence of confirmation bias by providing people with the same evidence (e.g. about nuclear power accidents) and observing that most people get even more convinced of their previously held opinions.
In real life when people change their minds, it's often because a friend get's them too engage with the other view... (read more)