Yudkowsky, Eliezer

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Feb 1, 2015	»	[Summary] (Yudkowsky) Letting Go 2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022 Rationality: From AI to Zombies: Letting Go. Eliezer Yudkowsky. Feb 1, 2015. Learn when to admit failure It’s important to have a watershed moment and acknowledge a fundamental problem, instead of dividing it into palatable bite-size mistakes. LTCM were exploiting market inefficiencies. Other people learned of the tricks. LTCM didn’t lose hope. They borrowed more and more leverage to exploit tinier and tinier margins. And their math probably said the leverage was okay. Going belly up was a very unlikely event - according to the model. A systematic blindspot is devastating because we don’t even realize that we might be wrong at a more fundamental level. ...
Feb 1, 2015	»	Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind (2 items) Overly Convenient Excuses; Against Rationalization;
Feb 1, 2015	»	Rationality: From AI to Zombies [Series] (3 items) Rationality: From AI to Zombies [Yudkowsky, Eliezer]; Overly Convenient Excuses; Against Rationalization;

Learn when to admit failure