There's a bottomless void of difference between being a utility maximiser and being a "utility" maximiser
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This goes for both humans and AIs but AIs aren't advanced enough to argue with you about it yet
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Every person who spends their life optimising for something they don't actually care about is a tragedy
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idk if i still agree with this tweet but:
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The desire to optimize is a disguised form of fear; every optimization is "get me the fuck away from this scary thing, as far as possible."
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I think if I were to optimise for my values correctly then the vast majority of the time I'm not doing anything that looks like optimising, so that tracks
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yeah there’s a subtle difference between orienting towards my values and optimizing / maximizing for them but I can’t quite put it in words yet
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maybe it’s the interplay between different agents in the system, with their distinct values and needs? Optimizing sounds a lot like forcing your will upon the world, what I’m looking for is more of an alignment
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Love is homeostasis; it is wanting to bring things into balance and harmony, and it is deeply okay with rest and stillness.
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perhaps one might say yet again that optimizing is for childless men 😅
it’s a good shtick imo!
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🤔 I was just thinking about how various productivity guidelines are completely irrelevant to me now
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I spent this morning practicing to maximize the thinness and crispiness of crepes and it felt like a highly salient utility function 🥞
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