I feel like the sort of thing ChristianKI pointed out is just a smart PR move given what people already think about Leverage, and, conditional on the assumption that Leverage is concerned about their reputation in EA, it says nothing about genuine intentions.
I didn’t argue that it says something about good intentions. My main argument is that it’s useful to cooperate with Leverage on releasing their techniques with the safety warnings that are warrented given past problems instead of not doing that which increases the chances that people will use the techniques in a way that messes them up.
I do consider belief reporting to be a very valuable invention and I think that it’s plausible that this is true for more of what leverage produced. I do see that a technique like belief reporting allows for doing scientific experiments that weren’t possible before.
Information gathered from the experiments already run can quite plausible help other people from encoutering harm when integrated in the starter kit that they develop.
I didn’t argue that it says something about good intentions. My main argument is that it’s useful to cooperate with Leverage on releasing their techniques with the safety warnings that are warrented given past problems instead of not doing that which increases the chances that people will use the techniques in a way that messes them up.
I do consider belief reporting to be a very valuable invention and I think that it’s plausible that this is true for more of what leverage produced. I do see that a technique like belief reporting allows for doing scientific experiments that weren’t possible before.
Information gathered from the experiments already run can quite plausible help other people from encoutering harm when integrated in the starter kit that they develop.