What does what I think matter? Make argument, don’t invoke myself if not necessary.
It seemed obvious why the analysis is biased, but maybe this isn’t the case, and maybe more info should have been provided. Mostly the concern here is over wording like “Xi seems to be doing his level best to wreck the Chinese high-tech economy” and “shortsighted national-security considerations” and “Uighur oppression” and (to paraphrase) maybe their leader is insane enough to invade Taiwan. To have all of these pop up in a single paragraph that’s supposed to be about AI raises some red flags. Does it need to be explained why?
Calling the analysis superficial without explicitly justifying this is problematic, particularly as the response is even more superficial.
Yesterday I saw that gwern’s response was heavily upvoted but didn’t understand why; maybe it is part of a mechanism to keep people below a certain intellectual threshold off the site.
A few reflections on a tragically wrong comment:
What does what I think matter? Make argument, don’t invoke myself if not necessary.
It seemed obvious why the analysis is biased, but maybe this isn’t the case, and maybe more info should have been provided. Mostly the concern here is over wording like “Xi seems to be doing his level best to wreck the Chinese high-tech economy” and “shortsighted national-security considerations” and “Uighur oppression” and (to paraphrase) maybe their leader is insane enough to invade Taiwan. To have all of these pop up in a single paragraph that’s supposed to be about AI raises some red flags. Does it need to be explained why?
Calling the analysis superficial without explicitly justifying this is problematic, particularly as the response is even more superficial.
Yesterday I saw that gwern’s response was heavily upvoted but didn’t understand why; maybe it is part of a mechanism to keep people below a certain intellectual threshold off the site.