I left one comment replying to a critical comment this post got saying that it wasn’t being charitable (which turned into a series of replies) and now I find myself in a position (a habit?) of defending the OP from potentially-insufficiently-charitable criticisms. Hence, when I read your sentence...
There’s a missing mood here—you’re not interested in learning if Kat’s strategy is effective at AI Safety.
...my thought is: Are you sure? When I read the post I remember reading:
But if it’s for the greater good, maybe I should just stop being grumpy.
But honestly, is this content for the greater good? Are the clickbait titles causing people to earnestly engage? Are peoples’ minds being changed? Are people thinking thoughtfully about the facts and ideas being presented?
This series of questions seems to me like it’s wondering whether Kat’s strategy is effective at AI safety, which is the thing you’re saying it’s not doing.
(I just scrolled up on my phone and saw that OP actually quoted this herself in the comment you’re replying to. (Oops. I had forgotten this as I had read that comment yesterday.))
Sure, the OP is also clearly venting about her personal distaste for Kat’s posts, but it seems to me that she is also asking the question that you say she isn’t interested in: are Kat’s posts actually effective?
(Side note: I kind of regret leaving any comments on this post at all. It doesn’t seem like the post did a good job encouraging a fruitful discussion. Maybe OP and anyone else who wants to discuss the topic should start fresh somewhere else with a different context. Just to put an idea out there: Maybe it’d be a more productive use of everyone’s energy for e.g. OP, Kat, and you Holly to get on a call together and discuss what sort of content is best to create and promote to help the cause of AI safety, and then (if someone was interested in doing so) write up a summary of your key takeaways to share.)
Yeah, this is the first time I’ve commented on lesswrong in months and I would prefer to just be out of here. But OP was such nasty meangirl bullying that, when someone showed it to me, I wanted to push back.
If OP was geniunely curious, she could’ve looked for evidence beyond her personal feelings (e.g. ran an internet survey) and / or asked Kat privately. What OP did here is called “concern trolling”.
I agree that that would be evidence of OP being more curious. I just don’t think that given what OP actually did it can be said that she wasn’t curious at all.
Hey Holly, great points about PETA.
I left one comment replying to a critical comment this post got saying that it wasn’t being charitable (which turned into a series of replies) and now I find myself in a position (a habit?) of defending the OP from potentially-insufficiently-charitable criticisms. Hence, when I read your sentence...
...my thought is: Are you sure? When I read the post I remember reading:
This series of questions seems to me like it’s wondering whether Kat’s strategy is effective at AI safety, which is the thing you’re saying it’s not doing.
(I just scrolled up on my phone and saw that OP actually quoted this herself in the comment you’re replying to. (Oops. I had forgotten this as I had read that comment yesterday.))
Sure, the OP is also clearly venting about her personal distaste for Kat’s posts, but it seems to me that she is also asking the question that you say she isn’t interested in: are Kat’s posts actually effective?
(Side note: I kind of regret leaving any comments on this post at all. It doesn’t seem like the post did a good job encouraging a fruitful discussion. Maybe OP and anyone else who wants to discuss the topic should start fresh somewhere else with a different context. Just to put an idea out there: Maybe it’d be a more productive use of everyone’s energy for e.g. OP, Kat, and you Holly to get on a call together and discuss what sort of content is best to create and promote to help the cause of AI safety, and then (if someone was interested in doing so) write up a summary of your key takeaways to share.)
Yeah, this is the first time I’ve commented on lesswrong in months and I would prefer to just be out of here. But OP was such nasty meangirl bullying that, when someone showed it to me, I wanted to push back.
If OP was geniunely curious, she could’ve looked for evidence beyond her personal feelings (e.g. ran an internet survey) and / or asked Kat privately. What OP did here is called “concern trolling”.
I agree that that would be evidence of OP being more curious. I just don’t think that given what OP actually did it can be said that she wasn’t curious at all.