FWIW, I thought the original question text was slightly better, since I didn’t read it as aggressive, and it didn’t needlessly explicitly assume that everyone at OpenAI is avoiding increasing existential risk. Furthermore, it seems clear to me that an organisation can be increasing existential risk without everybody at that organisation being a moral monster, since most organisations are heterogeneous.
In general, I think one should be able to ask questions of the form “is actor X causing harm Y” on LessWrong, and furthermore that people should not thereby assume that the questioner thinks that actor X is evil. I also think that some people are moral monsters and/or evil, and the way to figure out whether or not that’s true is to ask questions of this form.
In general, I think one should be able to ask questions of the form “is actor X causing harm Y” on LessWrong, and furthermore that people should not thereby assume that the questioner thinks that actor X is evil.
I can believe that should be the case (not sure). I do not think it is actually the case. Is this the battle you choose to fight?
I also think that some people are moral monsters and/or evil, and the way to figure out whether or not that’s true is to ask questions of this form.
If you do in fact want to know this answer, I feel more okay about asking the question (though I have bigger disagreements upstream). I don’t think OP was particularly interested in this answer.
FWIW, I thought the original question text was slightly better, since I didn’t read it as aggressive, and it didn’t needlessly explicitly assume that everyone at OpenAI is avoiding increasing existential risk. Furthermore, it seems clear to me that an organisation can be increasing existential risk without everybody at that organisation being a moral monster, since most organisations are heterogeneous.
In general, I think one should be able to ask questions of the form “is actor X causing harm Y” on LessWrong, and furthermore that people should not thereby assume that the questioner thinks that actor X is evil. I also think that some people are moral monsters and/or evil, and the way to figure out whether or not that’s true is to ask questions of this form.
I can believe that should be the case (not sure). I do not think it is actually the case. Is this the battle you choose to fight?
If you do in fact want to know this answer, I feel more okay about asking the question (though I have bigger disagreements upstream). I don’t think OP was particularly interested in this answer.