“The finger might also point at those who scared people about the dangers of AGI research but never took the effort to publicly distance themselves from extreme measures.”
I absolutely agree. Personally I don’t go around scaring people about AGI research because I don’t find it scary. I also think Eliezer, at least, has done a reasonable job of distancing himself from ‘extreme measures’.
“What if anyone gets killed as a result of not reading this thread because he was never exposed to the arguments of why it would be a really bad idea to violently oppose AGI research?”
Unfortunately, there are very few people in this thread making those arguments, and a large number making (in my view extremely bad) arguments for the other side...
“The finger might also point at those who scared people about the dangers of AGI research but never took the effort to publicly distance themselves from extreme measures.”
I absolutely agree. Personally I don’t go around scaring people about AGI research because I don’t find it scary. I also think Eliezer, at least, has done a reasonable job of distancing himself from ‘extreme measures’.
“What if anyone gets killed as a result of not reading this thread because he was never exposed to the arguments of why it would be a really bad idea to violently oppose AGI research?”
Unfortunately, there are very few people in this thread making those arguments, and a large number making (in my view extremely bad) arguments for the other side...