Archive - Unfairly Maligned

Critique Systems, Not Reality

(Quite plausibly, part one.)

Jan 1 •

December 2024

Condensed response to "hidden complexity of wishes"

A debate surrounding Eliezer Yudkowsky’s post The Hidden Complexity of Wishes emerged, in which Eliezer responds to criticism saying,

Dec 8, 2024 •

November 2024

October 2024

Assume All Forms of Capability

Let's not assume arbitrarily powerful agents won't do something we just haven't thought of.

Oct 7, 2024 •

September 2024

Contra EA and Rationality

The least charitable argument against these movements I'm comfortable with mustering.

Sep 16, 2024 •

Models Are Descriptive Not Prescriptive

This is a story about another thing that you might expect should be obvious, except that if it was, it would surely have been noted somewhere as some…

Sep 8, 2024 •

August 2024

Where "the Sequences" Are Right I

(Where "the Sequences" Are Wrong V): Map and Territory (1/2) - Predictably Wrong & Fake Beliefs

Aug 12, 2024 •

July 2024

Is FDT or an LDT the "top-level" decision process?

See this modified Newcomb's problem which tries to figure out what this means.

Jul 30, 2024 •

My Motte-and-Bailey

if nothing else, is very well defended.

Jul 26, 2024 •

Rationality's Exciting Offshoots

Now be patient and relax.

Jul 10, 2024 •

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