One way to accelerate the production of strategy exposition is to lower one’s standards. It’s much easier to sketch one’s quick thoughts on an issue than it is to write a well-organized, clearly-expressed, well-referenced, reader-tested analysis (like When Will AI Be Created?), and this is often enough to provoke some productive debate (at least on Less Wrong). See e.g. Reply to Holden on Tool AI and Do Earths with slower economic growth have a better chance at FAI?.
So, in the next few days I’ll post my “quick and dirty” thoughts on one strategic issue (IA and FAI) to LW Discussion, and see what comes of it.
Glad to hear that & looking forward to seeing how it works! I very much understand that one might be concerned about posting “quick and dirty” thoughts (I find it so very difficult to lower my own standards even when it’s obviously blocking me from getting stuff done), but there seems to be little cost of trying it with a Discussion post and seeing how it goes—yay value of information! :-)
One way to accelerate the production of strategy exposition is to lower one’s standards. It’s much easier to sketch one’s quick thoughts on an issue than it is to write a well-organized, clearly-expressed, well-referenced, reader-tested analysis (like When Will AI Be Created?), and this is often enough to provoke some productive debate (at least on Less Wrong). See e.g. Reply to Holden on Tool AI and Do Earths with slower economic growth have a better chance at FAI?.
So, in the next few days I’ll post my “quick and dirty” thoughts on one strategic issue (IA and FAI) to LW Discussion, and see what comes of it.
Glad to hear that & looking forward to seeing how it works! I very much understand that one might be concerned about posting “quick and dirty” thoughts (I find it so very difficult to lower my own standards even when it’s obviously blocking me from getting stuff done), but there seems to be little cost of trying it with a Discussion post and seeing how it goes—yay value of information! :-)
The experiment seems to have failed.
Drats. But also, yay, information! Thanks for trying this!
ETA: Worth noting that I found that post useful, though.