Yes. It was quite predictable that it would go this way based on Lex’s past interviews. My suggestion for Eliezer would be to quickly address the interviewer’s off-topic point and then return to the main train of thought without giving the interviewer a chance to further derail the conversation with follow-ups.
That’s a good suggestion. But at some point you have to let it die or wrap it up. It occurred to me while Eliezer was repeatedly trying to get Lex back onto the you’re-in-a-box-thinking-faster thought experiment: when I’m frustrated with people for not getting it, I’m often probably boring them. They don’t even see why they should bother to get it.
You have to know when to let an approach die, or otherwise change tack.
I agree, that in-the-box thought experiment exchange was pretty painful. I’ve seen people struggle when having to come up with somewhat creative answers on the spot like this before, so perhaps giving Lex several options to choose from would have at least allowed the exchange to conclude and convince some of the audience.
Yes. It was quite predictable that it would go this way based on Lex’s past interviews. My suggestion for Eliezer would be to quickly address the interviewer’s off-topic point and then return to the main train of thought without giving the interviewer a chance to further derail the conversation with follow-ups.
That’s a good suggestion. But at some point you have to let it die or wrap it up. It occurred to me while Eliezer was repeatedly trying to get Lex back onto the you’re-in-a-box-thinking-faster thought experiment: when I’m frustrated with people for not getting it, I’m often probably boring them. They don’t even see why they should bother to get it.
You have to know when to let an approach die, or otherwise change tack.
I agree, that in-the-box thought experiment exchange was pretty painful. I’ve seen people struggle when having to come up with somewhat creative answers on the spot like this before, so perhaps giving Lex several options to choose from would have at least allowed the exchange to conclude and convince some of the audience.