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I'm taking a course on game theory and am faced with this question. What's the rational decision? 2022-09-14T00:27:42.687Z
An attempt to understand the Complexity of Values 2022-08-05T04:43:25.495Z
John von Neumann on how to safely progress with technology 2022-07-13T11:07:00.904Z
​Some Adventures of a Curious Richard Feynman 2022-07-06T23:11:32.127Z
Should you write under a blog or your own name? 2022-07-06T15:26:41.430Z
Dalton Mabery's Shortform 2022-07-03T16:11:29.936Z
On viewquakes 2022-06-30T20:08:04.205Z
Kevin Kelly's "103 Bits of Advice," Expanded 2022-06-29T13:36:13.160Z
Reflections on Living in "Guess Culture" 2022-06-28T21:00:39.680Z
Make learning a reality 2022-06-22T15:58:05.959Z
Some questions I've been pondering... 2022-06-05T04:21:07.581Z
Contra Astral Codex Ten's "On Sexy In-Laws" 2022-05-23T22:53:54.620Z

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Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on I'm taking a course on game theory and am faced with this question. What's the rational decision? · 2022-09-14T19:11:20.629Z · LW · GW

I think this is exactly what I was looking for, but couldn't put it quite so eloquently. Thank you.

I put Player X on a game show and imagined they had the choice to keep the $30,000 they have, or risk it for double or nothing.  As you mentioned, if that player went on the game show because they had a $30,000 debt to pay before they lost their house, they're going to keep the money and pay off that debt.

Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on I'm taking a course on game theory and am faced with this question. What's the rational decision? · 2022-09-14T02:40:54.595Z · LW · GW

(Perhaps one point of the question is to get you to reflect on what further information might be relevant?)

I think this is the case. I don't think there is a correct option, but it's just a question aimed to see how you think about solving a problem like this and one where more information is needed.

Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on I'm taking a course on game theory and am faced with this question. What's the rational decision? · 2022-09-14T02:39:19.808Z · LW · GW

That's what I'm wondering too. I don't think there is a correct answer, but I guess it's more of a "how did you think about whatever answer you gave?"

Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on Dalton Mabery's Shortform · 2022-07-03T16:11:30.208Z · LW · GW

The central question of AI seems to be:

Can computers do something they haven’t explicitly been told to do by their creator?

I could be way off here, but this seems like a simple ELI5 thesis for someone who doesn’t know much about AI or what the point of it all is.

Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on Make learning a reality · 2022-06-28T21:02:01.526Z · LW · GW

Agreed. This is how I've taught myself to write code over the past year. Tutorials are interesting and helpful, but I never really learned how everything works together until I built something I truly wanted to use.

Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on The glorious energy boost I've gotten by abstaining from coffee · 2022-05-08T04:29:58.202Z · LW · GW

Yes! I actually did one week where I did wake up - gym - coffee - work and then one week where I did wake up - coffee - gym - work and noticed the days where I delayed coffee, I felt much more alert around 3 or 4. I also had to wake up 30 mins earlier on those days to do my gym class before coffee. Though I did notice I didn't perform as well in the gym.

I wanted to stick with it, but couldn't because 1.) I love coffee and 2.) It was really hard to wake up at the same time on days where I wasn't going to the gym, but still delay coffee.

Comment by Dalton Mabery (dalton-mabery) on The glorious energy boost I've gotten by abstaining from coffee · 2022-05-07T23:14:46.505Z · LW · GW

I've heard this is a good middle-ground between quitting coffee altogether and just keep drinking the same amount.

I love coffee. It's a hobby for me. But there's been advice to delay drinking coffee about 90-120 minutes after waking up because it allows the chemical in the brain, adenosine, to be accepted by its receptors and wear off. When you drink caffeine right away, it blocks the adenosine receptors and they just float around until the caffeine wears off, and then bind to the receptors making you sleepy. This is often what causes the afternoon crash.

I tried this for a week and enjoyed it. I woke up, worked out, and then had coffee instead of waking up, drinking coffee and then working out.