@EliezerYudkowsky has taken a mix of YES and NO positions. How will they work out for him?
/QuantumObserver/will-the-lk99-room-temp-ambient-pre
Includes profits from AMM subsidy. Excludes referral bonuses, mana transfers, etc.
I will not trade on this market.
@IsaacKing if you are still refining your anime supervillain voice, consider "Show me your hope, that I may destroy it".
@MartinRandall Oh I got nothing on Eliezer. I've been accused of a lot, but haven't yet been accused of trying to take over a small country, let alone the world.
@MartinRandall Of course. Sorry, I meant realized losses, if that makes any sense (how much mana he’s lost just buying and selling; I don’t think the figure we see is just that since it also include unrealized profits/losses).
@NicoDelon Yes, that requires a bit of math. From his profile:
He has 56,193 NO with a cost basis of m40,000
The market is currently ~30%, so his NO is valued at ~m39,335, for a ~m665 loss
He has a ~m9,800 loss on the market
So he has realized losses of ~m9,000
I also have realized losses, so he is in excellent company.
I learn the larger lesson: It's important not to introduce more complicated other incentives that potentially push away from the epistemic incentives on prediction markets, in the course of trying to get rid of current possible incentive-gotchas. The suggestion I got that I should bet my referral mana on my existing position, to meet my expressed desire to make sure I didn't "win either way", initially seemed to me just; and it was simple and I could do it immediately, so I did that; but actually any departure from the purity of "only ever bet mana in a way that solely reflects your belief" is not healthy.
We are so back