Obligatory link: the whispering earring https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/2012-10-03-yva...
(I couldn’t remember the title or the author. So I asked claude for it of course)
(I couldn’t remember the title or the author. So I asked claude for it of course)
Then again, I don’t think I’ve ever really needed help being happy - I’d be curious to hear its suggestions, but I’m not sure what it could tell me that I didn’t already know - and further, there would likely be plenty of times where it would make more sense to do the thing that doesnt bring me the most happiness. “Flex your arm by 35%” just doesn’t sound like a plausibly compelling suggestion, and “the ring is never wrong” is really only useful if my sole goal is to maximize my own happiness.