@tipsfromkatee I want to point at... like, the set of habits that cause Wei Dai to think, hey, maybe MIRI does more harm than good ...
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Replying to @willdoingthings
@tipsfromkatee ... because when you try to do do big things, it makes it that much easier for you to fall into self-delusion1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@tipsfromkatee loving the concrete, even in a Platonic ladder of love sense, at least keeps you honest. Barely. It barely does!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@willdoingthings is the idea that if you love a concrete thing, it becomes a reminder of what could be hurt if you became ideological?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee that's one thing. It also just provides feedback about cross-level results of cross-level habit-credit-assignment habits.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@tipsfromkatee typical stuff about having tight feedback loops etc., tho that point is unjustified without certain models of skill transfer2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@willdoingthings what if you're like "this probably isn't hurting the world since it's helping this person" but what if you're wrong1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee yeah yeah of course. I mean this is all obvious stuff, obvious failure modes. And there are lots of non-obvious people. Bleh1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@willdoingthings what do you mean by non-obvious people?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee oh you seem to have misunderstood or something. My tweets about Casca aren't what I'd consider abnormally good1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@willdoingthings right, they were just an example
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