(1) is not an infohazard because it is too obvious. The generals noticed it instantly, judging from the top of the diplomatic channel. (2) is relatively obvious. It appears to me that the generals noticed it instantly, though the first specific reference to private messages comes later. These principles are learned at school age. Making them common knowledge, known to be known, allows collaboration based on that common knowledge, and collaboration is how y’all avoided getting nuked.
To the extent that (3) is true, it would be prevented by common knowledge of (2). Also I think it’s false, a general can avoid Unilateralist’s Curse here by listening to what other people say (in war room, diplomatic channel, and public discussion) and weighing that fairly before acting, potentially getting advice from family and friends. Probably this is the type of concern that can be defused by making it public. It would be bad if a general privately believed (3) and therefore nuked unilaterally.
(4) is too vague for my purposes here.
I agree that “I’m a general and I don’t know my launch code” is a possible infohazard if posted publicly. I would have shared the knowledge with my team to reduce the risk of reduced deterrence in the possible world where LessWrong admins mistakenly only sent launch codes to one side, taking note of (1) and (2) in how I shared it.
I don’t think this is relevant to real-world infohazards, but I think it’s relevant to building and testing transferrable infohazard skills. People who believe they have been or will be exposed to existential infohazards should build and test their skills in safer environments.
(1) is not an infohazard because it is too obvious. The generals noticed it instantly, judging from the top of the diplomatic channel. (2) is relatively obvious. It appears to me that the generals noticed it instantly, though the first specific reference to private messages comes later. These principles are learned at school age. Making them common knowledge, known to be known, allows collaboration based on that common knowledge, and collaboration is how y’all avoided getting nuked.
To the extent that (3) is true, it would be prevented by common knowledge of (2). Also I think it’s false, a general can avoid Unilateralist’s Curse here by listening to what other people say (in war room, diplomatic channel, and public discussion) and weighing that fairly before acting, potentially getting advice from family and friends. Probably this is the type of concern that can be defused by making it public. It would be bad if a general privately believed (3) and therefore nuked unilaterally.
(4) is too vague for my purposes here.
I agree that “I’m a general and I don’t know my launch code” is a possible infohazard if posted publicly. I would have shared the knowledge with my team to reduce the risk of reduced deterrence in the possible world where LessWrong admins mistakenly only sent launch codes to one side, taking note of (1) and (2) in how I shared it.
I don’t think this is relevant to real-world infohazards, but I think it’s relevant to building and testing transferrable infohazard skills. People who believe they have been or will be exposed to existential infohazards should build and test their skills in safer environments.