I mean, I wouldn’t really want to identify as part of “the AI x-risk community on LW” in the same way I expect you wouldn’t want to identify as “an EA” despite relatively often doing thing heavily associated with EAs (e.g., posting on the EA forum).
Yeah, to be clear, that was like half of my point. A very small fraction of top contributors identify as part of a coherent community. Trying to summarize their takes as if they did is likely to end up confused.
LW is very intentionally designed and shaped so that you don’t need to have substantial social ties or need to become part of a community to contribute (and I’ve made many pretty harsh tradeoffs in that direction over the years).
In as much as some people do, I don’t think it makes sense to give their beliefs outsized weight when trying to think about LW’s role as a discourse platform. The vast majority of top contributors are similarly allergic to labels as you are.
Yeah, to be clear, that was like half of my point. A very small fraction of top contributors identify as part of a coherent community. Trying to summarize their takes as if they did is likely to end up confused.
LW is very intentionally designed and shaped so that you don’t need to have substantial social ties or need to become part of a community to contribute (and I’ve made many pretty harsh tradeoffs in that direction over the years).
In as much as some people do, I don’t think it makes sense to give their beliefs outsized weight when trying to think about LW’s role as a discourse platform. The vast majority of top contributors are similarly allergic to labels as you are.