satt comments on CFAR’s new focus, and AI Safety

satt 7 Dec 2016 23:17 UTC
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But academics write for other academics, and journalists don’t and can’t. (They’ve tried. They can’t. Remember Vox?)

Would that be Vox, Vox, or Vox?

Edit, 5 minutes later: a bit more seriously, I’m not sure I’d agree that “academics write for other academics” holds as a strong generalization. Many academics focus on writing for academics, but many don’t. I think the (relatively) low level of information flow from academia to general audiences is at least as much a demand-side phenomenon as a supply-side one.
- Good_Burning_Plastic 8 Dec 2016 9:47 UTC
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  Many academics focus on writing for academics, but many don’t.
  
  Given “publish or perish”, usually the latter won’t stay in academia for long.
  - satt 10 Dec 2016 15:58 UTC
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    I’d be reluctant to go as far as “usually”, but yes, publish-or-perish norms are playing a role here too.