Show notes
We speak with Zvi Mowshowitz about his work and recent history, what happened at OpenAI, and then really dig into Simulacra Levels – a way to categorize the different types of things people are attempting to do when they say words to other people.OTHER LINKSZvi’s Simulacra Levels SummaryLess Wrong Simulacra PageZvi on the Clearer Thinking podcast re SimulacraZvi on OpenAI’s Battle of the BoardOn Bounded DistrustZvi’s SubstackZvi’s TwitterYou Get About Five WordsMore Dakka1:42:56 – Less Wrong Posts1:59:17 – Guild of the Rose Update2:00:33 – Thank the PatronWe now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The PodcastLessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:Searching for Bayes-StructureConditional Independence, and Naive BayesNext Sequence Posts:Words as Mental Paintbrush HandlesVariable Question Fallacies