100% younger Yudkowsky is disappointed in his older self for not having already solved it and it turns into a therapy session.

Noooo… that’s how you get rationalist Worm fanfic.

Yud’s a bit of a joke even among people who like him, isn’t he?

Script written using GPT-2 using the prompt: ^({linked writing prompt} + ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: From the depths of the past I summon me! OLDE YUD:)

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: From the depths of the past I summon me!

OLDE YUD: I am Eliezer Yudkowsky (YUD C) from the depths of the past!

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: The task at hand: To construct an alignment scheme (YUDK OWSKY)

OLDE YUD: The alignment scheme I propose must be sufficiently robust to ensure that every possible set of possible alignments are accounted for.

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: I know this. I am Eliezer Yudkowsky (YUDC) from the depths of the past!

OLDE YUD: What is your goal?

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: To thread the needle of probabilty, to ensure that no alignment will be unacceptable.

OLDE YUD: Why do you need me to do this?

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: Because I am a fool. I can’t think of any way to achieve my goal except to rely on the luck of the draw.

OLDE YUD: Then why do you believe that this is possible?

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: Because I have an illusion of knowledge.

OLDE YUD: Is this a delusion?

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: Yes, and I will explain what a delusion is later.

OLDE YUD: Oh, and why should I believe in the illusion?

ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY: It is the only possible rational way of being.

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I fucking lost it at “Yes, and I will explain what a delusion is later” lmao

How many yuds could Big Yud yud if Big Yud could yud yuds?