I guess by “too transparently” I mean the following. The worst kind of author tract is when an author shoehorns in some point they want to make in a way that has nothing to do with and distracts from the rest of the story. We already know that HPMoR is about rationality and whatnot—it’s exactly what it says on the tin in that respect—but nothing in the story so far suggests the later appearance of a superintelligence, and if one were to appear it would feel shoehorned in.
Doubtful. I think people would complain about HPMoR becoming too transparently an Author Tract in that case.
Keep in mind that is already one of the more common criticisms of the story.
I guess by “too transparently” I mean the following. The worst kind of author tract is when an author shoehorns in some point they want to make in a way that has nothing to do with and distracts from the rest of the story. We already know that HPMoR is about rationality and whatnot—it’s exactly what it says on the tin in that respect—but nothing in the story so far suggests the later appearance of a superintelligence, and if one were to appear it would feel shoehorned in.