Is anyone aware of any counterarguments that have been written up against this post's thesis?
"Elon re-enters the fight to build safe advanced AI."
Oddly specific and correct. Cool.
Thanks for writing this up Chana! Helped me prep for my first winter in the UK :)
(My first LessWrong post. Written quickly, in the spirit of putting more of my ideas out there and seeing how they meet reality.)
Consider that there may be more rewarding pursuits than marginally increasing your rationality toolbox.
I get the sense that a lot of people in the rationality community think that others should dedicate themselves to the pursuit of becoming more rational, or that they themselves need to become more rational.
"If only they had read the Sequences, then they wouldn't have wasted their time on that class";
"if only I had used the internal double crux move, then I wouldn't have made X mistake."
There is probably some truth here, but I think it's possible... (read 242 more words →)
Thank you for sharing! As of this morning I was telling myself that I've developed RSI in both arms over the last week –but I'm now reconsidering that belief ;)
As a beginner to alignment, I found it very helpful to see these different frames written out
Really enjoyed this read!
The relevant difference is that Gallant knows how to take ideas seriously.
Flagging that the author no longer endorses this post.
Yeah as I look back on this it does seem a bit like strawman. Maybe a part of people that is socially amplified sometimes projects this view, or a sufficiently similar view that this argument is worth considering. But I don’t think this post adds much either way.