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SBF, Pascal's Mugging, and a Proposed Solution
Cole Killian
1mo
0
15
Does this solve Pascal's Muggings?
Sanjay
3mo
26
44
Layman’s Summary of Resolving Pascallian Decision Problems with Stochastic Dominance
Ben_West
1y
11
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Expected value theory is fanatical, but that's a good thing
HaydenW
2y
20
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Interview with Tom Chivers: “AI is a plausible existential risk, but it feels as if I’m in Pascal’s mugging”
felix.h
1y
1
25
Metaethical Fanaticism (Dialogue)
Lukas_Gloor
2y
10
6
Pascal's Mugging and abandoning credences
AndreaSR
1y
9
24
Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities: A Problem for Long-Termism?
kokotajlod
4y
17
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Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities: Defusing the Initial Worry and Steelmanning the Problem
kokotajlod
4y
10
10
Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities: Bibliography and Appendix
kokotajlod
4y
0
9
Pascal's Mugging
EA Handbook
13y
0
77
Do Brains Contain Many Conscious Subsystems? If So, Should We Act Differently?
Bob Fischer
15d
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Protecting EV calculations against motivated reasoning
freedomandutility
8d
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Should strong longtermists really want to minimize existential risk?
tobycrisford
16d
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The Maximum Impact Fund is now the Top Charities Fund
GiveWell
3mo
3
11
A model about the effect of total existential risk on career choice
Jonas Moss
3mo
4
12
EV Maximization for Humans
Sharmake
3mo
0
15
High-risk high-reward philanthropy: applying venture capital concepts to doing good
James Ozden
5mo
2
5
Biting the Bullet on Pascal's Mugging
Matthew Barber
3mo
0
13
My notes on: Why we can’t take expected value estimates literally (even when they’re unbiased)
Vasco Grilo
8mo
0
36
Mundane trouble with EV / utility
Ben Esche
1y
17
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A General Treatment of the Moral Value of Information
Hazelfire
1y
0
5
A Paradox for Tiny Probabilities and Enormous Values
Global Priorities Institute
1y
1
17
Expected Value
james
2y
1
1
Expected Value
EA Handbook
5mo
1