Exactly. I also suspect that logical overconfidence, i.e. knowing a little bit about bias and thinking it no longer affects you, is magnified with higher intelligence.
I can’t help but remember that saying about great power and great responsibility.
Thanks! I hadn’t read that article yet, but I became familiar with the concept when reading one of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s papers on existential risk assessment. (Either this one or this one) I did have a kind of “Oh Shit” moment when the context of the article hit me.
Exactly. I also suspect that logical overconfidence, i.e. knowing a little bit about bias and thinking it no longer affects you, is magnified with higher intelligence.
I can’t help but remember that saying about great power and great responsibility.
Yes—see Knowing about biases can hurt people.
Thanks! I hadn’t read that article yet, but I became familiar with the concept when reading one of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s papers on existential risk assessment. (Either this one or this one) I did have a kind of “Oh Shit” moment when the context of the article hit me.