retired president of lse ea with overly contrarian takes and hopes to get some attention
On AI alarmists:
A fair-sized stream seems vast to one who until then
Has never seen a greater; so with trees, with men.
In every field each man regards as vast in size
The greatest objects that have come before his eyes
(Lucretius)
My critique of forecasting and rationality communities can be summed up as “penny wise, pound foolish”. And this approach to thinking can be automated by AI, as opposed to more unstructured software thinking
I'm visiting Mexico City, anyone I should meet / anyone would like to meet up?
About me: Ex President LSE EA, doing work in global health, prediction markets, AIS.https://eshcherbinin.notion.site/me