To be clear, I didn’t mean this comment as “stop cricitizing me”. I meant it as “I think the statement is factually incorrect”. The reason that the newsletter has more ML in it than MIRI work is just that there’s more (public) work produced on the ML side.
I don’t think it’s about the lack of papers, unless by papers you mean the broader category of “public work that’s optimized for communication”.
Even if the content is proportional, the signal-to-noise ratio will still be much higher for those interested in MIRI-style research. This is a natural consequence of being a niche area.
When I said “might not have the capacity to vet”, I was referring to a range of orgs.
I would be surprised if the lack of papers didn’t have an effect as presumably, you’re trying to highlight high-quality work and people are more motivated to go the extra yard when trying to get published because both the rewards and standards are higher.
To be clear, I didn’t mean this comment as “stop cricitizing me”. I meant it as “I think the statement is factually incorrect”. The reason that the newsletter has more ML in it than MIRI work is just that there’s more (public) work produced on the ML side.
I don’t think it’s about the lack of papers, unless by papers you mean the broader category of “public work that’s optimized for communication”.
Even if the content is proportional, the signal-to-noise ratio will still be much higher for those interested in MIRI-style research. This is a natural consequence of being a niche area.
When I said “might not have the capacity to vet”, I was referring to a range of orgs.
I would be surprised if the lack of papers didn’t have an effect as presumably, you’re trying to highlight high-quality work and people are more motivated to go the extra yard when trying to get published because both the rewards and standards are higher.