Maybe it’s an over-reaction; do I really want to maintain a permanent vote of no confidence (via post-boycott) regarding your editorial judgment, because of one mistake? You have to put up with lots of ridiculous crap, just by trying to do what you’re doing (or what you were doing, before it turned into generalized rationality outreach); am I just adding to that?
Or perhaps adhering to my word would be a constructively adversarial thing to do in this instance. Oddly enough, the last time I made an inconvenient pledge on this site turns out to be relevant. That was the bet about AspiringKnitter’s identity. One of AK’s stated reasons for showing up here was fear that SIAI would one day (via the power of a super-AI) engage in non-consensual modifications of human value systems. And the standard view is that getting AI values wrong is indeed an “error that [you] will never be allowed to correct”—but in this case, it won’t be society that prevents you from saying oops, it will just be reality.
So if you’re having any adverse reactions to this instance of ostentatious righteousness, try to redirect that energy towards getting the real job done. You’ll have my support in that respect!
Maybe it’s an over-reaction; do I really want to maintain a permanent vote of no confidence (via post-boycott) regarding your editorial judgment, because of one mistake? You have to put up with lots of ridiculous crap, just by trying to do what you’re doing (or what you were doing, before it turned into generalized rationality outreach); am I just adding to that?
Or perhaps adhering to my word would be a constructively adversarial thing to do in this instance. Oddly enough, the last time I made an inconvenient pledge on this site turns out to be relevant. That was the bet about AspiringKnitter’s identity. One of AK’s stated reasons for showing up here was fear that SIAI would one day (via the power of a super-AI) engage in non-consensual modifications of human value systems. And the standard view is that getting AI values wrong is indeed an “error that [you] will never be allowed to correct”—but in this case, it won’t be society that prevents you from saying oops, it will just be reality.
So if you’re having any adverse reactions to this instance of ostentatious righteousness, try to redirect that energy towards getting the real job done. You’ll have my support in that respect!