FWIW, Cowen rarely has arguments. He’ll state strong positions on any number of things in MR but (almost) he never engages with comments at MR. If you want an actual back and forth discussion, the most likely way to get it is in conversation in some forum.
I buy that… so many of the folks funded by Emergent Ventures are EAs, so directly arguing against AI risk might alienate his audience
Still, this Straussian approach is a terrible way to have a productive argument
FWIW, Cowen rarely has arguments. He’ll state strong positions on any number of things in MR but (almost) he never engages with comments at MR. If you want an actual back and forth discussion, the most likely way to get it is in conversation in some forum.