Why do you assume that Yelsgib doesn’t know or keep that in mind?
The problem is that Yudkowsky insists that a mechanistic view of the universe is the only correct perspective even though problems like alignment are inherently inaccessible from such a perspective due to Hume’s Guillotine. It’s only from a subjective POV that the idea that human suffering and/or extinction can be considered bad.
You could attempt to perceive the universe in all the other viewpoints of every other living being while you perceive it as you would naturally.
Or, to make it extremely simple: Keep in mind that everyone else does not think in the same way that you do.
Why do you assume that Yelsgib doesn’t know or keep that in mind?
The problem is that Yudkowsky insists that a mechanistic view of the universe is the only correct perspective even though problems like alignment are inherently inaccessible from such a perspective due to Hume’s Guillotine. It’s only from a subjective POV that the idea that human suffering and/or extinction can be considered bad.