I’m fine with everything on LW ultimately being tied to alignment. Hardcore materialism being used as a working assumption seems like a good pragmatic measure as well. But ideally there should also be room for foundational discussions like “how do we know our utility function?” and “what does it mean for something to be aligned?” Having trapped priors on foundational issues seems dangerous to me.
I’m fine with everything on LW ultimately being tied to alignment. Hardcore materialism being used as a working assumption seems like a good pragmatic measure as well. But ideally there should also be room for foundational discussions like “how do we know our utility function?” and “what does it mean for something to be aligned?” Having trapped priors on foundational issues seems dangerous to me.