In my opinion this post is problematic for the following reasons.
1. The post doesn’t practice what it preaches: The post urges AI safety activists to not develop a partisan public image, yet it argues overwhelmingly with ‘mistakes’ by the left leaning side. We first have Turner and ICE. Turner states the ICE incidents as the starting point of his activism. Should he just omit this information although it is vital for understanding his story? Then Ngo. Here, the side that denied him the job because of his tweets was criticised. You could similarly argue th... (read more)
In my opinion this post is problematic for the following reasons.
1. The post doesn’t practice what it preaches: The post urges AI safety activists to not develop a partisan public image, yet it argues overwhelmingly with ‘mistakes’ by the left leaning side. We first have Turner and ICE. Turner states the ICE incidents as the starting point of his activism. Should he just omit this information although it is vital for understanding his story? Then Ngo. Here, the side that denied him the job because of his tweets was criticised. You could similarly argue th... (read more)