I’ve been on lesswrong every day for almost a year now, and I’m really interested in intelligence amplification/heavy rationality boosting.
I have a complicated but solid plan to read the sequences and implement the CFAR handbook over the next few months (important since you can only read them the first time once).
I need a third thing to do simultaneously with the sequences and the CFAR handbook. It’s gotta be three. What is the best thing I can do for heavy intelligence/rationality amplification? Is it possible to ask a CFAR employee/alumni without being a bother? (I do AI policy, not technical alignment)
This is a good idea and I should have done it anyway a long time a go. But in order for that to work for this particular plan, I’d need a pretty concentrated dose, at least at the beginning. Do you have anything to recommend for a quick intense dose of forecasting education?
I’m still looking for things! Categories of things that work are broad, even meditation, so long as rapid intelligence amplification is the result. The point is to do all of them at once (with plenty of sleep and exercise and breaks, but no medications, not even caffeine). If I’m on to something then it could be an extremely valuable finding.
I’ve been on lesswrong every day for almost a year now, and I’m really interested in intelligence amplification/heavy rationality boosting.
I have a complicated but solid plan to read the sequences and implement the CFAR handbook over the next few months (important since you can only read them the first time once).
I need a third thing to do simultaneously with the sequences and the CFAR handbook. It’s gotta be three. What is the best thing I can do for heavy intelligence/rationality amplification? Is it possible to ask a CFAR employee/alumni without being a bother? (I do AI policy, not technical alignment)
A third thing might be forecasting. Go to Metaculus or GJOpen and train to make predictions.
You could also make predictions relevant to your work. Will XY attend the meeting? Will this meeting result in outcome X?
This is a good idea and I should have done it anyway a long time a go. But in order for that to work for this particular plan, I’d need a pretty concentrated dose, at least at the beginning. Do you have anything to recommend for a quick intense dose of forecasting education?
I think Tetlock’s Superforcasting book is great.
I’m still looking for things! Categories of things that work are broad, even meditation, so long as rapid intelligence amplification is the result. The point is to do all of them at once (with plenty of sleep and exercise and breaks, but no medications, not even caffeine). If I’m on to something then it could be an extremely valuable finding.
This sequence has been a favorite of mine for finding little drills or exercises to practice overcoming biases.