Ok- Eliezer- you are just a human and therefore prone to anger and reaction to said anger, but you, in particular, have a professional responsibility not to come across as excluding people who disagree with you from the discussion and presenting yourself as the final destination of the proverbial buck. We are all in this together. I have only met you in person once, have only had a handful of conversations about you with people who actually know you, and have only been reading this blog for a few months, and yet I get a distinct impression that you have some sort of narcissistic Hero-God-Complex. I mean, what’s with dressing up in a robe and presenting yourself as the keeper of clandestine knowledge? Now, whether or not you actually feel this way, it is something you project and should endeavor not to, so that people (like sophiesdad) take your work more seriously. “Pyrimid head,” “Pirate King,” and “Emperor with no clothes” are NOT terms of endearment, and this might seem like a ridiculous admonission coming from a person who has self-presented as a ‘pretentious slut,’ but I’m trying to be provocative, not leaderly. YOU are asking all of these people to trust YOUR MIND with the dangers of fAI and the fate of the world and give you money for it! Sorry to hold you to such high standards, but if you present with a personality disorder any competent psychologist can identify, then this will be very hard for you… unless of course you want to go the “I’m the Messiah, abandon all and follow me!” route, set up the Church of Eliezer, and start a religious movement with which to get funding… Might work, but it will be hard to recruit serious scientists to work with you under those circumstances...
Ok- Eliezer- you are just a human and therefore prone to anger and reaction to said anger, but you, in particular, have a professional responsibility not to come across as excluding people who disagree with you from the discussion and presenting yourself as the final destination of the proverbial buck. We are all in this together. I have only met you in person once, have only had a handful of conversations about you with people who actually know you, and have only been reading this blog for a few months, and yet I get a distinct impression that you have some sort of narcissistic Hero-God-Complex. I mean, what’s with dressing up in a robe and presenting yourself as the keeper of clandestine knowledge? Now, whether or not you actually feel this way, it is something you project and should endeavor not to, so that people (like sophiesdad) take your work more seriously. “Pyrimid head,” “Pirate King,” and “Emperor with no clothes” are NOT terms of endearment, and this might seem like a ridiculous admonission coming from a person who has self-presented as a ‘pretentious slut,’ but I’m trying to be provocative, not leaderly. YOU are asking all of these people to trust YOUR MIND with the dangers of fAI and the fate of the world and give you money for it! Sorry to hold you to such high standards, but if you present with a personality disorder any competent psychologist can identify, then this will be very hard for you… unless of course you want to go the “I’m the Messiah, abandon all and follow me!” route, set up the Church of Eliezer, and start a religious movement with which to get funding… Might work, but it will be hard to recruit serious scientists to work with you under those circumstances...