In my experience the highest epistemic standard is achieved in the context of ‘nerds arguing on the internet’. If everyone is agreeing, all you have is an echo chamber.
I would argue that good faith, high effort contributions to any debate are something we should always be grateful for if we are seeking the truth.
I think the people who would be most concerned with ‘anti-doom’ arguments are those who believe it is existentially important to ‘win the argument/support the narrative/spread the meme’ - that truthseeking isn’t as important as trying to embed a cultural norm of deep deep precaution around AI.
To those people, I would say: I appreciate you, but there are better strategies to pursue in the game you’re trying to play. Collective Intelligence has the potential to completely change the game you’re trying to play and you’re pretty well positioned to leverage that.
In my experience the highest epistemic standard is achieved in the context of ‘nerds arguing on the internet’. If everyone is agreeing, all you have is an echo chamber.
I would argue that good faith, high effort contributions to any debate are something we should always be grateful for if we are seeking the truth.
I think the people who would be most concerned with ‘anti-doom’ arguments are those who believe it is existentially important to ‘win the argument/support the narrative/spread the meme’ - that truthseeking isn’t as important as trying to embed a cultural norm of deep deep precaution around AI.
To those people, I would say: I appreciate you, but there are better strategies to pursue in the game you’re trying to play. Collective Intelligence has the potential to completely change the game you’re trying to play and you’re pretty well positioned to leverage that.