153 – Values and Wireheading with Wes Fenza

We beef with Wes over how important values may or may not be, and why Wireheading is awesome and/or evil. Wes is the head of The Mind Killer podcast! 7:23  –  LW Posts discussion begins 53:39  –  Main Topic begins 2:01:40  –  Thank the Patron We also discuss Not Everthing Is a Clue and Aladdin The quokka Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: The Hidden Complexity of Wishes (audio version here, courtesy of ywecur!) Lost Purposes Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: Purpose and Pragmatism The Affect Heuristic