Meta: This is in response to both this and comments further up the chain regarding the level of the debate.
It’s worth noting that, at least from my perspective, Bengio, who’s definitely not in the LW bubble, made good points throughout and did a good job of moderating.
On the other hand, Russell, obviously more partial to the LW consensus view, threw out some “zingers” early on (such as the following one) that didn’t derail the debate but easily could’ve.
Thanks for clearing that up—so 2+2 is not equal to 4, because if the 2 were a 3, the answer wouldn’t be 4? I simply pointed out that in the MDP as I defined it, switching off the human is the optimal solution, despite the fact that we didn’t put in any emotions of power, domination, hate, testosterone, etc etc. And your solution seems, well, frankly terrifying, although I suppose the NRA would approve.
Meta: This is in response to both this and comments further up the chain regarding the level of the debate.
It’s worth noting that, at least from my perspective, Bengio, who’s definitely not in the LW bubble, made good points throughout and did a good job of moderating.
On the other hand, Russell, obviously more partial to the LW consensus view, threw out some “zingers” early on (such as the following one) that didn’t derail the debate but easily could’ve.