I get your view (thanks for your reply!), and tend to agree now. Even though I didn’t necessarily agree with TAG’s subset proposal, I didn’t see why the comment in question should receive so many downvotes—but
Anyway, the quote above seems is giving me the vibe that if someone (e.g. Eliezer Yudkowsky) has neither an AI PhD nor industry experience, then he’s automatically wrong and stupid, and we don’t need to waste our time listening to what he has to say and evaluating his arguments. I strongly disagree with that vibe, and suspect that the downvotes came from people feeling similarly. If that vibe is not what was intended, then maybe you or TAG can rephrase.
I get your view (thanks for your reply!), and tend to agree now. Even though I didn’t necessarily agree with TAG’s subset proposal, I didn’t see why the comment in question should receive so many downvotes—but
makes sense, thanks!