When and Why Decision Makers Use Algorithms in Personnel Selection:

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https://psyarxiv.com/743hn/ Decision makers such as industrial and organizational psychologists often combine multiple pieces of information to make performance predictions and hiring decisions. More valid performance predictions are made when information is combined algorithmically (mechanical prediction) rather than in the decision-maker’s mind … Continued

OpenAI and alignment research

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https://openai.com/blog/our-approach-to-alignment-research/ Our approach to aligning AGI is empirical and iterative. We are improving our AI systems’ ability to learn from human feedback and to assist humans at evaluating AI. Our goal is to build a sufficiently aligned AI system that can … Continued

Liminal Creativity

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nesslabs.com/liminal-creativity?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liminal-creativity Liminality (from the Latin word līmen, “threshold”) is the ambiguity that emerges in the middle of a fundamental transition. Liminality is the “in-between”, where the space and the participants no longer hold their past status, but have not yet … Continued

We don’t have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model

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https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/biases-the-wrong-model/ Behavioural economics assumes a logically consistent model of human behaviour, then seeks to explain why actual human behaviour “deviates” from this model. It blames an ever-longer list of systemic “biases” in our decision-making methods. This cannot be right. Where … Continued

Undersociality is Unwise

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Wise decisions are often guided by an accurate understanding of the expected values of different possible choices. In social contexts, wisdom comes from understanding how others are likely to respond to one’s actions, enabling people to make choices that maximize … Continued

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