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L. A. Paul

@lapaul.bsky.social

Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Yale University author of Transformative Experience and coauthor of Causation: A User’s Guide

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Primer: Decision-Theoretic Paralysis In decision theory, ‘paralysis’ refers to a state of affairs where all options in a decision problem wash out to the same level of choiceworthiness.

thinking about this right now

04.07.2025 18:45 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This isn’t “romanticizing” empathy

19.03.2025 23:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged | MJ Crockett Research pitting people against AI systems gives AI an edge by asking us to perform in machine-like ways

Guardian op ed by the brilliant MJ Crockett:

01.03.2025 02:26 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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#796: L.A. Paul — On Becoming a Vampire, Whether or Not to Have Kids, Getting Incredible Mentorship for $250, Transformative Experiences, and More Podcast Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 02/20/2025 · 1h 42m

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...

21.02.2025 13:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I have not—I need to

25.01.2025 23:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Transformative Ethics Transformative Ethics is a 4-year research project (2025-2028) led by Professor Krister Bykvist at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, Sweden. The project is funded by the Swedish Research...

www.transformative-ethics.net

24.01.2025 12:23 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Your interview of me is one of the best!

02.12.2024 22:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves To whom should we have allegiance—the version of ourself making choices, or the version of ourself who will be affected by them?

New Yorker profile is out...

02.12.2024 22:03 — 👍 52    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 4

Woody Allen should know

19.11.2024 18:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Another interesting new paper on TE: "The Psychology of Life’s Most Important Decisions," in American Psychologist, by Shahar Hechtlinger, Christin Schulze, Christina Leuker, and Ralph Hertwig.

18.11.2024 19:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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When New Experience Leads to New Knowledge: A Computational Framework for Formalizing Epistemically Transformative Experiences Abstract. The discovery of a new kind of experience can teach an agent what that kind of experience is like. Such a discovery can be epistemically transformative, teaching an agent something they coul...

New paper on a computational approach to epistemic transformation:

18.11.2024 19:06 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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SPP abstracts for the 50th Anniversary Meeting are due in one month, with a great lineup of speakers and events!

31.12.2023 17:26 — 👍 30    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0

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