I agree Grothendieck is fascinating but I mostly just see him as interesting in different ways than von Neumann. von Neumann is often focused on because his subjects are areas that are relevant to either LessWrong’s focuses or (for the cloning posts) that the subjects he was skilled at and polymath capabilities would help with alignment.
Yes, they seem to represent two completely different types of extreme intelligence which is very interesting. I also agree that vN’s ideas are more relevant for the community.
I agree Grothendieck is fascinating but I mostly just see him as interesting in different ways than von Neumann. von Neumann is often focused on because his subjects are areas that are relevant to either LessWrong’s focuses or (for the cloning posts) that the subjects he was skilled at and polymath capabilities would help with alignment.
Yes, they seem to represent two completely different types of extreme intelligence which is very interesting. I also agree that vN’s ideas are more relevant for the community.