I think there are two kinds of secrecy. One is about not answering every questions that outsiders have. The other is about forbidding insiders from sharing information to the outside.
Power easily corrupts processes. Playing around with strong self modification is playing with a lot of power.
Secrecy has a lot easily visible benefits because you reduce your attack surface. But it has it’s costs and it’s generally wise to be skeptical of versions of it that prevent insiders from sharing information that’s not of a personal nature when doing radical projects.
I think there are two kinds of secrecy. One is about not answering every questions that outsiders have. The other is about forbidding insiders from sharing information to the outside.
Power easily corrupts processes. Playing around with strong self modification is playing with a lot of power.
Secrecy has a lot easily visible benefits because you reduce your attack surface. But it has it’s costs and it’s generally wise to be skeptical of versions of it that prevent insiders from sharing information that’s not of a personal nature when doing radical projects.