I’m confused about and skeptical of the justifiability of all the downvotes this post received.
If the allegations are true, well, I’m not sure how important exactly it is, but it seems at least like it passes the bar of “worth knowing about” pretty easily.
If something passes that bar pretty easily, I guess the next question is how plausible it is. If it’s incredibly implausible, then downvoting seems reasonable. I only skimmed through the post and some of the comments, but it doesn’t seem like the allegations are obviously implausible.
Once something passes through filters (1) and (2), some other reasons I could think of for why it might be worth downvoting are if the post does a poor job of arguing, is very difficult to understand, or is very hostile and contentious. None of these things seem to be the case here though.
I have mixed feelings about the convincingness of the accusations. Some aspects seem quite convincing to me, others very much not.
In most contexts, I’m still going to advocate for treating Sam Altman as though it’s 100% that he’s innocent, because that’s what I think is the right policy in light of uncorroborated accusations. However, in the context of “should I look into this more or at least keep an eye on the possibility of dark triad psychology?,” I definitely think this passes the bar of “yes, this is relevant to know.”
I thought it was very strange to interpret this post as “gossip,” as one commenter did.
I’m confused about and skeptical of the justifiability of all the downvotes this post received.
If the allegations are true, well, I’m not sure how important exactly it is, but it seems at least like it passes the bar of “worth knowing about” pretty easily.
If something passes that bar pretty easily, I guess the next question is how plausible it is. If it’s incredibly implausible, then downvoting seems reasonable. I only skimmed through the post and some of the comments, but it doesn’t seem like the allegations are obviously implausible.
Once something passes through filters (1) and (2), some other reasons I could think of for why it might be worth downvoting are if the post does a poor job of arguing, is very difficult to understand, or is very hostile and contentious. None of these things seem to be the case here though.
Strongly agree!
I have mixed feelings about the convincingness of the accusations. Some aspects seem quite convincing to me, others very much not.
In most contexts, I’m still going to advocate for treating Sam Altman as though it’s 100% that he’s innocent, because that’s what I think is the right policy in light of uncorroborated accusations. However, in the context of “should I look into this more or at least keep an eye on the possibility of dark triad psychology?,” I definitely think this passes the bar of “yes, this is relevant to know.”
I thought it was very strange to interpret this post as “gossip,” as one commenter did.