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The Extinction Tournament

Scott Alexander analyzes the surprisingly low existential risk estimates from a recent forecasting tournament, particularly for AI risk, and explains why he only partially updates his own higher estimates.

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Jul 20, 2023 4,212 words 141 likes 475 comments Listen · 28 min Read Read

Confirmation Bias As Misfire Of Normal Bayesian Reasoning

Scott Alexander proposes that confirmation bias might be a misapplication of normal Bayesian reasoning rather than a separate cognitive phenomenon.

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Feb 12, 2020 531 words 0 likes 115 comments Listen · 6 min Read Read

On first looking into Chapman’s “Pop Bayesianism”

Scott Alexander defends Bayesianism as a valuable epistemology, contrasting it with absolutist and nihilistic approaches, and argues for its usefulness in complex reasoning.

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Aug 6, 2013 2,110 words 0 likes 137 comments Read Read
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