I wasn’t asking you about his beliefs, I was asking about what implication you were making. We already know what Scott says he believes; unless you doubt he is being honest there is no reason to assume he is stumping for his friends rather than advocating his own beliefs.
I am not sure what you are asking. I don’t think Scott is an evil mutant, he wouldn’t just cynically lie, I don’t think. AI risk is not one of his usual blog topics, however.
I think you are underestimating the degree to which personal truth is socially constructed, and in particular influenced by friends.
I wasn’t asking you about his beliefs, I was asking about what implication you were making. We already know what Scott says he believes; unless you doubt he is being honest there is no reason to assume he is stumping for his friends rather than advocating his own beliefs.
I am not sure what you are asking. I don’t think Scott is an evil mutant, he wouldn’t just cynically lie, I don’t think. AI risk is not one of his usual blog topics, however.
I think you are underestimating the degree to which personal truth is socially constructed, and in particular influenced by friends.
He doesn’t talk about AI as often as, say, psychiatry, but he talks about it with some frequency.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site%3Aslatestarcodex.com%20artificial%20intelligence
In particular, Meditations on Moloch makes it pretty clear that he takes AI seriously.