I have been pleasantly surprised by the job you’ve done with this post, but I really don’t like your frame here.
We can debate whether Sam Altman’s alleged offenses are relevant to this forum, but I don’t think there’s any case to be made that his sister’s mental health or honesty is relevant to anyone here. In which case the question isn’t “is Annie lying?”, it’s “what did Sam Altman do? is it a pattern” and perhaps “is there any additional context we should know?”[1].
In particular, children who commit sexual assault are often playing out their past abuse by adults. I believe this is less true the older the child is, and can’t immediately find numbers for 13 year olds.
The points you make are valid. You also make a good point about the importance of additional context.
I think I may have miscommunicated myself to some extent, based on the fact that I largely agree with your reply here.
The most clear, and most general framing of my motives is this:
My overarching, most fundamental desire is for humanity to have a positive AI future.
Because of this, I want to do my best to determine the validity of a claim(s) such as Annie’s that asserts that the CEO of the world’s (leading) artificial intelligence company / research org / lab / whatever you want to call it may actually be a person of highly questionable morals. The whole reason we got OpenAI in the first place is, apparently, because Elon freaked out when Larry Page called him a ‘specist’ back in 2013. (I will not bother commenting on whether or not I think this was ultimately a good thing. ) I very much want the person leading the development of and (attempts at) alignment of superintelligence to be a good person.
The reason I have made this post here is because of (2), not because I thought that this forum was the right place to worry about the mental health of Annie Altman. While obviously I am concerned for Annie Altman herself independent of my superintelligence / Sam Altman / OpenAI concerns, the reason why I am posting “about Annie” here on LessWrong is because of the potential ramifications of what she is saying about Sam Altman. This isn’t an “Annie Altman post”; it’s a “Sam Altman post” where Annie Altman is the conduit.
Hopefully this framing of mine is more reasonable. And thank you for the compliment—I am trying my best to conduct myself rationally :)
I have been pleasantly surprised by the job you’ve done with this post, but I really don’t like your frame here.
We can debate whether Sam Altman’s alleged offenses are relevant to this forum, but I don’t think there’s any case to be made that his sister’s mental health or honesty is relevant to anyone here. In which case the question isn’t “is Annie lying?”, it’s “what did Sam Altman do? is it a pattern” and perhaps “is there any additional context we should know?”[1].
In particular, children who commit sexual assault are often playing out their past abuse by adults. I believe this is less true the older the child is, and can’t immediately find numbers for 13 year olds.
The points you make are valid. You also make a good point about the importance of additional context.
I think I may have miscommunicated myself to some extent, based on the fact that I largely agree with your reply here.
The most clear, and most general framing of my motives is this:
My overarching, most fundamental desire is for humanity to have a positive AI future.
Because of this, I want to do my best to determine the validity of a claim(s) such as Annie’s that asserts that the CEO of the world’s (leading) artificial intelligence company / research org / lab / whatever you want to call it may actually be a person of highly questionable morals. The whole reason we got OpenAI in the first place is, apparently, because Elon freaked out when Larry Page called him a ‘specist’ back in 2013. (I will not bother commenting on whether or not I think this was ultimately a good thing. ) I very much want the person leading the development of and (attempts at) alignment of superintelligence to be a good person.
The reason I have made this post here is because of (2), not because I thought that this forum was the right place to worry about the mental health of Annie Altman. While obviously I am concerned for Annie Altman herself independent of my superintelligence / Sam Altman / OpenAI concerns, the reason why I am posting “about Annie” here on LessWrong is because of the potential ramifications of what she is saying about Sam Altman. This isn’t an “Annie Altman post”; it’s a “Sam Altman post” where Annie Altman is the conduit.
Hopefully this framing of mine is more reasonable. And thank you for the compliment—I am trying my best to conduct myself rationally :)