I think that there’s good reasons why the discussion on Less Wrong has turned increasingly towards AI Alignment, but I am also somewhat disappointed that there’s no longer a space focusing on rationality per se.
Just as the Alignment forum exists as a separate space that automatically cross-posts to LW, I’m starting to wonder if we need a rationality forum that exists as a separate space that cross-posts to LW, as if I were just interested in improving my rationality I don’t know if I’d come to Less Wrong.
(To clarify, unlike the Alignment Forum, I’d expect such a forum to be open-invite b/c the challenge would be gaining any content at all).
Alternatively, I think there is a way to hide the AI content on LW, but perhaps there should exist a very convenient and visible user interface for that. I would propose an extreme solution, like a banner on the top of the page containing a checkbox that hides all AI content. So that anyone, registered or not, could turn the AI content off in one click.
The Alignment forum works because there are a bunch of people who professionally pursue research over AI Alignment. There’s no similar group of people for whom that’s true for rationality.
I don’t know if you need professionals, just a bunch of people who are interested in discussing the topic. It wouldn’t need to use the Alignment Forum’s invite-only system.
Instead, it would just be a way to allow LW to cater to both audiences at the same time.
IIRC, you can get post on Alignment Forum only if you are invited or moderators crossposted it? The problem is that Alignment Forum is deliberately for some sort of professionals, but everyone wants to write about alignment. Maybe it would be better if we had “Alignment Forum for starters”.
I think that there’s good reasons why the discussion on Less Wrong has turned increasingly towards AI Alignment, but I am also somewhat disappointed that there’s no longer a space focusing on rationality per se.
Just as the Alignment forum exists as a separate space that automatically cross-posts to LW, I’m starting to wonder if we need a rationality forum that exists as a separate space that cross-posts to LW, as if I were just interested in improving my rationality I don’t know if I’d come to Less Wrong.
(To clarify, unlike the Alignment Forum, I’d expect such a forum to be open-invite b/c the challenge would be gaining any content at all).
Alternatively, I think there is a way to hide the AI content on LW, but perhaps there should exist a very convenient and visible user interface for that. I would propose an extreme solution, like a banner on the top of the page containing a checkbox that hides all AI content. So that anyone, registered or not, could turn the AI content off in one click.
The Alignment forum works because there are a bunch of people who professionally pursue research over AI Alignment. There’s no similar group of people for whom that’s true for rationality.
I don’t know if you need professionals, just a bunch of people who are interested in discussing the topic. It wouldn’t need to use the Alignment Forum’s invite-only system.
Instead, it would just be a way to allow LW to cater to both audiences at the same time.
IIRC, you can get post on Alignment Forum only if you are invited or moderators crossposted it? The problem is that Alignment Forum is deliberately for some sort of professionals, but everyone wants to write about alignment. Maybe it would be better if we had “Alignment Forum for starters”.