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LW Inline React Suggestion: "Seems Overstated"
To be specific, the react would mean that either the magnitude of the claim is likely exaggerated (though it may be directionally correct) or the wording/frame itself is too strong. The benefit is that I see both overstated magnitudes or overstated frames a fair bit and it seems to cause problems, but its distinct from either reacts like skeptical (which is only relevant to probabilities) or disagree. See footnote[1] for an example.
For the logo, Claude had a pretty good suggestion of an arrow going too far to represent this (though it still may need improvement -- its hard to tell its a slight critique from the logo alone).
I'm also open to replacing the name "Seems Overstated" with either "Too Strong?" or "Overstated?", but I think "Seems Overstated" is a bit better.
ETA: Disagree reacters, can someone explain the reason why they disagree?
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In this shortform wireheading seems like a somewhat apt but overstated word for Terence Tao: "Long horizon agency / strategic competence approximately does not exist among humans, even the smartest ones. With very few exceptions, billionaires spend or give away their money haphazardly, philosophers don't bother to think about long term implications of AI on philosophy production (positive or negative), Terence Tao spends his time wireheading on abstract math instead of doing anything remotely like instrumental convergence."
"Agree directionally, disagree connotationally"?
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