Will Rinehart
@WillRinehart
Senior Fellow @AEI. AI policy, regulatory statecraft & attention markets. Husband to @CharDreizen. Midwesterner at heart.
Joined April 2010
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>be Eliezer "I invented Bayesian rationality" Yudkowsky
>meet young Leopold who actually works on the frontier
>kid asks "why aren't you updating at all in the direction of all the smart people?"
>you hesitate for dramatic effect, then drop the ultimate high-IQ line:
>"I do not consider those people to be my epistemic peers"
>Leopold's face contorts into pure, unfiltered contempt
>he turns and walks away without another word
>you stand there alone, triumphant
>"wow, I actually managed to read a facial expression for once. historic day"
>this of course has zero impact on your probability estimates because peers are for midwits
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