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Seven: Prof Tetlock on why accurate forecasting matters for everything, and how you can do it better
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Have you ever been infuriated by a doctor's unwillingness to give you an honest, probabilistic estimate about what to expect? Or a lawyer who won't tell you the chances you'll win your case?
Their behaviour is so frustrating because accurately predicting the future is central to every action we take. If we can't assess the likelihood of different outcomes we're in a complete bind, whether the decision concerns war and peace, work and study, or Black Mirror and RuPaul's Drag Race.
Which is why the research of Professor Philip Tetlock is relevant for all of us each and every day.
In this conversation from 2019, we discuss how his work can be applied to your personal life to answer high-stakes questions, like how likely you are to thrive in a given career path, or whether your business idea will be a billion-dollar unicorn — or fall apart catastrophically.
Full transcript, related links, and summary of this interviewThis episode first broadcast on the regular 80,000 Hours Podcast feed on June 28, 2019. Some related episodes include:
• #7 – Julia Galef on making humanity more rational, what EA does wrong, and why Twitter isn’t all bad
• #11 – Dr Spencer Greenberg on speeding up social science 10-fold & why plenty of startups cause harm.
• #15 – Prof Tetlock on how chimps beat Berkeley undergrads and when it’s wise to defer to the wise
• #30 – Dr Eva Vivalt on how little social science findings generalize from one study to another
• #40 – Katja Grace on forecasting future technology & how much we should trust expert predictions.
• #48 – Brian Christian on better living through the wisdom of computer science
• #78 – Danny Hernandez on forecasting and measuring some of the most important drivers of AI progress
Series produced by Keiran Harris.
14 ตอน
Seven: Prof Tetlock on why accurate forecasting matters for everything, and how you can do it better
Manage episode 279647712 series 2837265
Have you ever been infuriated by a doctor's unwillingness to give you an honest, probabilistic estimate about what to expect? Or a lawyer who won't tell you the chances you'll win your case?
Their behaviour is so frustrating because accurately predicting the future is central to every action we take. If we can't assess the likelihood of different outcomes we're in a complete bind, whether the decision concerns war and peace, work and study, or Black Mirror and RuPaul's Drag Race.
Which is why the research of Professor Philip Tetlock is relevant for all of us each and every day.
In this conversation from 2019, we discuss how his work can be applied to your personal life to answer high-stakes questions, like how likely you are to thrive in a given career path, or whether your business idea will be a billion-dollar unicorn — or fall apart catastrophically.
Full transcript, related links, and summary of this interviewThis episode first broadcast on the regular 80,000 Hours Podcast feed on June 28, 2019. Some related episodes include:
• #7 – Julia Galef on making humanity more rational, what EA does wrong, and why Twitter isn’t all bad
• #11 – Dr Spencer Greenberg on speeding up social science 10-fold & why plenty of startups cause harm.
• #15 – Prof Tetlock on how chimps beat Berkeley undergrads and when it’s wise to defer to the wise
• #30 – Dr Eva Vivalt on how little social science findings generalize from one study to another
• #40 – Katja Grace on forecasting future technology & how much we should trust expert predictions.
• #48 – Brian Christian on better living through the wisdom of computer science
• #78 – Danny Hernandez on forecasting and measuring some of the most important drivers of AI progress
Series produced by Keiran Harris.
14 ตอน
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1 Two: Dr Toby Ord on why the long-term future matters more than anything else & what to do about it 2:10:32
1 Three: Alexander Berger on improving global health and wellbeing in clear and direct ways 2:53:44
1 Four: Spencer Greenberg on the scientific approach to solving difficult everyday questions 2:17:12
1 Five: Prof Will MacAskill on moral uncertainty, utilitarianism & how to avoid being a moral monster 1:52:46
1 Six: Ajeya Cotra on worldview diversification and how big the future could be 2:56:27
1 Seven: Prof Tetlock on why accurate forecasting matters for everything, and how you can do it better 2:17:25
1 Eight: Prof Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness, population ethics, & harnessing the brainpower of academia to tackle the most important research questions 2:48:33
1 Nine: Benjamin Todd on the key ideas of 80,000 Hours 2:57:13
1 Ten: Benjamin Todd on the core of effective altruism and how to argue for it 1:22:37
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