Thanks for the kind answer, even if we’re probably disagreeing about most points in this thread. I think message like yours really help in making everyone aware that such topics can actually be discussed publicly without big backlash.
I like the ‘give more concrete feedback on specific research directions’ idea, especially if it helps clarify generators for Eliezer’s pessimism. If Eliezer is pessimistic about a bunch of different research approaches simultaneously, and you’re simultaneously optimistic about all those approaches, then there must be some more basic disagreement(s) behind that.
That sounds amazing! I definitely want to extract some of the epistemic strategies that EY uses to generate criticisms and break proposals. :)
From my perspective, the OP discussion is the opening salvo in ‘MIRI does a lot more model-sharing and discussion’. It’s more like a preface than like a conclusion, and the next topic we plan to focus on is why Eliezer-cluster people think alignment is hard, how we’re thinking about AGI, etc. In the meantime, I’m strongly in favor of arguing about this a bunch in the comments, sharing thoughts and reflections on your own models, etc. -- going straight for the meaty central disagreements now, not waiting to hash this out later.
Thanks for the kind answer, even if we’re probably disagreeing about most points in this thread. I think message like yours really help in making everyone aware that such topics can actually be discussed publicly without big backlash.
That sounds amazing! I definitely want to extract some of the epistemic strategies that EY uses to generate criticisms and break proposals. :)
Excited about that!