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Combining Forecasts

4 years ago 8 min read
Often there are multiple ways to forecast the same thing, and we'd like a way of combining the forecasts together. For instance, consider the following question: > Will Will be among
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Jacob Steinhardt
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Common Probability Distributions

4 years ago 7 min read
When we output a forecast, we're either explicitly or implicitly outputting a probability distribution. For example, if we forecast the AQI in Berkeley tomorrow to be "around" 30, plus
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Base Rates and Reference Classes

4 years ago 6 min read
Part of lecture notes for the upcoming Stat157 [http://www.stat157.com/] class on Forecasting. Let's start by considering the following question: > What is the probability that Joe Biden is
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Forecasting: Zeroth and First Order

4 years ago 6 min read
Part of lecture notes for the upcoming Stat157 [https://www.stat157.com/] class on Forecasting. Let's say you are trying to predict how long it will take to finish your homework
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Jacob Steinhardt
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Measuring and Forecasting Risks from AI

4 years ago 4 min read
As part of my work for Open Philanthropy, I recently wrote a call for grant proposals on measuring and forecasting risks [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cPwcUSl0Y8TyZxCumGPBhdVUN0Yyyw9AR1QshlRI3gc/edit] from future AI systems.
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