OtherDave’s suggestion is a good one. I intended this to be more than pedantry, though, because from my perspective it looks like the issue is doubt that Eliezer’s team has made some progress in understanding the FAI problem, especially if that’s understood as following the first step. When ChrisHallquist recommends tabooing the phrase “Friendly AI,” that sounds to me like an identification or an understanding problem.
So if you say “well, doubtless they’ve made progress and the issue is probably communication,” that seems to me like just stating your conclusion.
There is always doubt.
Do I need to make the disclaimer that there is no absolute certainty every time I assert confidence in something?
It might be sufficient to simply avoid explicit expressions of certainty.
OtherDave’s suggestion is a good one. I intended this to be more than pedantry, though, because from my perspective it looks like the issue is doubt that Eliezer’s team has made some progress in understanding the FAI problem, especially if that’s understood as following the first step. When ChrisHallquist recommends tabooing the phrase “Friendly AI,” that sounds to me like an identification or an understanding problem.
So if you say “well, doubtless they’ve made progress and the issue is probably communication,” that seems to me like just stating your conclusion.