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In which we see how an agent can find a sequence of actions that achieves goals when no single action will do. If you imagine a vacuuming robot whose performance is measured by the cleanliness of the floor at each given time step, it’s easy to work out what to do in any given moment. If the floor is dirty you suck up all the dirt, and if the floor is clean then you move to a new square and repeat the process.

In which we discuss the nature of agents, perfect or otherwise, the diversity of environments, and the resulting menagerie of agent types. This chapter provides more concrete definitions for what it means to be “intelligent” and for an agent to be “rational”. Exercises Q2.3 Q2.4 Part A Part B Part C Part D Part E Part F Part G Q2.5 Q2.6 Part A Part B Part C Part D Part E Q2.

In which we try to explain why we consider artificial intelligence to be a subject most worthy of study, and in which we try to decide what exactly it is, this being a good thing to decide before embarking. This chapter introduces some of the key definitions such as potential interpretations of “artificial intelligence”, presents the subject as the synergy of several other fields and and provides a history of the different approaches and progress in the field of AI.

Replacing Guilt is a series of essays by Nate Soares about replacing guilt-based motivation with “intrinsic motivation” – a drive to do good in the world. I listened to the podcast version of it, which was produced by Gianluca Truda who makes the [[Bit of a Tangent]]?? podcast. I neglected to take notes the first time around which was a mistake but it was still very useful to listen to. Bold titles are episodes or posts that I especially enjoyed.

the action of attempting to explain or justify behaviour or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate. Backlinks [[Misc Notes]]N Metadata date: 2021-02-10 21:07 tags: - '@?rationality' - '@?notes' - '@?public' title: Rationalization

What is the Planning Fallacy?? The tendency to underestimate the amount of time it will take to complete a task. Why does the Planning Fallacy occur?? We tend to be over optimistic and think that things will go exactly to plan. What is the “inside view” for the Planning Fallacy?? Visualising a task by thinking of the steps form the beginning to a successful conclusion. What is the “outside view” for the Planning Fallacy?? Comparing a task to broadly similar tasks in the past.

The majority of the writing in here is not mine. It’s based on this LessWrong post called 100 Tips for a Better Life. Turns out that the original post is itself based on another post, 100 Ways to Live Better. 100 Tips for a Better Life Possessions 1 .If you want to find out about people’s opinions on a product, google reddit. You’ll get real people arguing, as compared to the SEO’d Google results.

A different view of the mind There’s this really interesting passage from the Gwern essay LSD Microdosing RCT which I felt motivated enough to take brief notes on. Turns out that this is actually a snippet from a transcript of a podcast by Sam Harris, the author of Waking Up.. What does ‘The Doors of Perception’ argue the brain’s primary function is?? Eliminative, filtering out a potential vast, transpersonal dimension of mind. Why could an eliminative brain be neccessary?

This entry focuses on the notes and observations around Michael Nielsen’s essay “Augmenting Long-term Memory”. Introduction Attempts to augment memory using computers have been around for a long time: Memex in 1945. Even the internet itself was due to Tim Berner-Lee’s employer seeking to develop a “collective institutional memory”. Anki is a modern attempt at augmenting memory. “Anki makes memory a choice, rather than a haphazard event, to be left to chance”.

Polyphasic Sleeping is the practice of sleeping more than once throughout the day. This is in contrast to monophasic sleep which is sleeping once like most people do. Pros The main benefit of polyphasic sleep is that you can spend less time sleeping to gain the same amount of rest. For example, a popular sleeping pattern is called Everyman 2: Base sleep 4 hours 30 minutes 2x 20 minute naps For at total of 5 hr 10 minutes People can live on 5 hr 10 minutes of sleep!