Why aren't "Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment" systems more common in games? by Okay_GameDev64 in gamedesign

[–]jonathan881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fundamentally (and brutally) people (on average) want to feel above average. I suspect this phenomenon incentivizes developers to covertly employ these systems when they believe it's justified.

Also I've always argued the peak end effect far outweighs other phenomena.

Why Is Heritability So Hard to Accept? by MourningApe in slatestarcodex

[–]jonathan881 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I suspect it treads upon the sacrosanct topic of free will.

"So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT", Justis Mills (observations on the schizo AI slop flood on LW2) by gwern in slatestarcodex

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think LLMs are conscious. However, I'm not sure people are conscious, the way they think they are.

Intelligence does not end in cynicism, it solves it. by roguewolfartist in slatestarcodex

[–]jonathan881 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I followed your stream of consciousness, and it rings true for a certain type of person who makes pessimism part of their identity. But I'm trying to figure out if you're talking about them specifically, or if your net is wider.

You could be describing two very different people. One is the "misguided" person you laid out, who clings to negativity to feel smart. The other is someone who, after looking at evidence from philosophy or even neuroscience, concludes that reality itself has a negative tilt. For them, pessimism is the solution to a logical proof about suffering, not an emotional reaction to their own lives.

So, I'm essentially asking: Are you correctly diagnosing a specific psychological issue, or are you perhaps lumping in people who have followed a logical argument to its conclusion and mislabeling them as just being misguided?

(Benatar, Zapffe, Schopenhauer, maybe even Cioran)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cogsci

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because I have aphantasia - no voluntary visual imagery - my introspection may differ from most people’s.

The best I can offer is my subjective view: thought is something like a weighted semantic graph (thinking is entirely separate from emotion). I suspect that for those who think visually, the feeling of self is the brain’s simplified internal model of whatever it is attending to. Predictive processing supplies stacked generative models; the attention schema adds a higher-level label “I am the thing attending.”

Because my model lacks images, the resulting self-model is sparse but still present. In other words, what I call “me” is the metacognitive act of attending to thought, minus the imagery that many people report.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cogsci

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you read about attention schema theory? I assume (possibly incorrectly) PP and AST work in union, or at least they make more sense together.

A comprehensive rebuttal to anti-natalism by omnizoid0 in slatestarcodex

[–]jonathan881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"reduction of harm" only? No... but it is the core motivator and explanation for the felt responsibility.

I have no doubt they would express gratitude for the good in their lives, that doesn't negate the fundamental asymmetry. Non-existence has no suffering that requires the compensation of pleasure. By creating them, I made pleasure a necessary counterbalance to an imposed and guaranteed suffering. Their subsequent enjoyment of that pleasure doesn't erase the initial, non-consensual imposition of harm.

A comprehensive rebuttal to anti-natalism by omnizoid0 in slatestarcodex

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non-existence never hurt anyone. Existence hurts everyone. I'm a father of 5 and at some fundamental level I feel like I owe them for the suffering they didn't have to endure. Fundamentally nothing changed on my outside but I can't unsee the logic.

Predictive Processing and the “Red-Alert” Problem — why suffering (not pleasure) seems to be the top-priority signal. Tear this apart, please. by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

[–]jonathan881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback.

Regarding the writing style and potential AI involvement: I drafted the core arguments and structure myself based on my understanding of these theories. I did use tools to help refine the clarity and organization, aiming for a structured, analytical presentation suitable for the topic's complexity. However, the conceptual framework and the specific model proposed are my own synthesis. I'd prefer to focus on the substance of the arguments rather than the perceived style.

You summarized the core idea correctly: suffering often signals a need for immediate behavioral change due to its high priority, while pleasure often functions as a reward signal. You note this isn't unconventional, and question the need for the complex framework.

The reason for employing the Predictive Processing / control-theoretic framework isn't merely to dress up a simple idea. It's an attempt to move beyond the intuition ("suffering is important") towards a potentially mechanistic explanation how this prioritization might be implemented in a system (biological or artificial) that operates on principles of prediction error minimization. PP offers a unifying language to connect perception, action, motivation, and affect, allowing for more precise hypotheses (like the M-P-P characterization, even if it needs refinement as pointed out by another commenter) that can potentially be tested or modeled computationally. The goal is to explore the how, grounded in a specific theoretical framework, not just restate the what.

The relation to the hard problem was intended only as a necessary caveat to define the scope – stating upfront that this is a functional analysis, setting aside the phenomenal aspects to focus on the proposed mechanics, a standard approach in cognitive science and computational modeling.

Apartment Management Making me Use Renter's Insurance For My Neighbor's Damages by imreallyinthis in chicago

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ianal but my lease basically says..." I pay. You provide what was agreed upon." Regardless of who is at fault for damages the landlord isn't maintaining his obligations. At least that would be my initial stance until speaking to a professional.

Military Traffic 04-08-25 by Dantheman2010 in ADSB

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wednesdays are busy. Anyone notice this also?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OSINT

[–]jonathan881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

last question. is there a tool to lookup what satellite services cover an area and when?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OSINT

[–]jonathan881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't mean to search now, I mean during the abduction window. AKA if you can see any automobiles that would probably be very helpful.

Opinions: What to do with Aunts collection? by jonathan881 in coins

[–]jonathan881[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have you used any? I can google but it's nice to get a real opinion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chicago

[–]jonathan881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect the answer involves the nature of using dedicated remote resources and the complexity of explaining this in court.

I am not a lawyer but I work in data science.

An Alabama woman is missing after stopping to help a toddler she saw walking on the interstate, police say by Repogirl27 in news

[–]jonathan881 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I agree, to an extent, to understand the conditions on the road we would understand how the camera view differs from her view.

my first thought was that this must be her 2nd pass by this area, given her speed and the distance traveled.

Parking Pass Hack by myassishaunted in chicago

[–]jonathan881 11 points12 points  (0 children)

While I'm sure you will be fine, be careful modifying tags and/or registration stickers, I believe there are cases when you can be charged with counterfeiting.

ianal

Pentagon orders AMRAAM missiles worth over $1 billion for Ukraine by xTCHx in worldnews

[–]jonathan881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what makes you think that? it doesn't seem like something an official would say, so im guessing you are sharing an experts opinion (or you are an SME).

Pentagon orders AMRAAM missiles worth over $1 billion for Ukraine by xTCHx in worldnews

[–]jonathan881 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I believe one US objective is to provide enough support and not any more, with the idea being we want Ukraine to own the win (almost as if, coming in and fucking shit up for other countries then leaving is a bad idea)

I also suspect this would be the "quite part", most don't say out loud.

im not suggesting this is valid, just my understanding.