The claim that Michael Vassar is substantially like Quirrell seems to me strange. Where did you get the claim that Eliezer modelled Vassar after Quirrell?
To make the claim a bit more based on public data, take Vassar’s TedX talk. I think it gives a good impression of how Vassar thinks. There are some official statistics that claim for Jordan that life expectancy, so I think there’s a good chance that Vassar here actually believes what he says.
If you however look deeper then Jordan’s life expectancy is not as high as is asserted by Vassar. Given that the video is in the public record that’s an error that everybody can find who tries to check what Vassar is saying. I don’t think it’s in Vassar’s interest to give a public talk like that with claims that are easily found to be wrong by factchecking. Quirrell wouldn’t have made an error like this but is a lot more controlled.
Eliezer made Vassar president of the precursor of MIRI. That’s a strong signal of trust and endorsement.
The claim that Michael Vassar is substantially like Quirrell seems to me strange. Where did you get the claim that Eliezer modelled Vassar after Quirrell?
To make the claim a bit more based on public data, take Vassar’s TedX talk. I think it gives a good impression of how Vassar thinks. There are some official statistics that claim for Jordan that life expectancy, so I think there’s a good chance that Vassar here actually believes what he says.
If you however look deeper then Jordan’s life expectancy is not as high as is asserted by Vassar. Given that the video is in the public record that’s an error that everybody can find who tries to check what Vassar is saying. I don’t think it’s in Vassar’s interest to give a public talk like that with claims that are easily found to be wrong by factchecking. Quirrell wouldn’t have made an error like this but is a lot more controlled.
Eliezer made Vassar president of the precursor of MIRI. That’s a strong signal of trust and endorsement.
https://yudkowsky.tumblr.com/writing/empathyrespect
Eliezer has openly said Quirrell’s cynicism is modeled after a mix of Michael Vassar and Robin Hanson.