I can successfully access the front page by using the highly sophisticated method of inspecting the front page and deleting the div element that corresponds to the Petrov Day loss screen.
It might be a good idea to make the front page getting taken down have more serious of an impact, as the time cost of clicking “inspect” and deleting the associated div element is pretty low, so the overall cost of submitting the launch codes is likely substantially reduced by this way of accessing the front page remaining available after a launch.
I think that’s actually fine. Most people won’t do that, but if for some reason the front page is really important for someone then it’s good that there’s an option to still access it.
My impression of the LW crowd is that the median person on the forum would have enough technical expertise to figure that out, but maybe that impression is poorly calibrated? I’m not sure.
If it takes a minute to hide the div and 10 AI safety researchers spend that minute then the mean cost of the home page being down is probably somewhere between zero and a billion lives, depending on your assessment of AI risk and the effectiveness of AI safety research and the best use of the future lightcone.
I can successfully access the front page by using the highly sophisticated method of inspecting the front page and deleting the div element that corresponds to the Petrov Day loss screen.
It might be a good idea to make the front page getting taken down have more serious of an impact, as the time cost of clicking “inspect” and deleting the associated div element is pretty low, so the overall cost of submitting the launch codes is likely substantially reduced by this way of accessing the front page remaining available after a launch.
I think that’s actually fine. Most people won’t do that, but if for some reason the front page is really important for someone then it’s good that there’s an option to still access it.
My impression of the LW crowd is that the median person on the forum would have enough technical expertise to figure that out, but maybe that impression is poorly calibrated? I’m not sure.
Wait, is it down? I can see the front page fine without using any workarounds
Petrov Day ended two hours ago.
Ahhh I see, I missed that it was 8pm-8pm, not midnight to midnight, thanks.
If it takes a minute to hide the div and 10 AI safety researchers spend that minute then the mean cost of the home page being down is probably somewhere between zero and a billion lives, depending on your assessment of AI risk and the effectiveness of AI safety research and the best use of the future lightcone.