Have you thought much about whether there are parts of this research you shouldn’t publish?
Yeah, sure. I have some ideas about the gory details of the neocortical algorithm that I haven’t seen in the literature. They might or might not be correct and novel, but at any rate, I’m not planning to post them, and I don’t particularly care to pursue them, under the circumstances, for the reasons you mention.
Also, there was one post that I sent for feedback to a couple people in the community before posting, out of an abundance of caution. Neither person saw it as remotely problematic, in that case.
Generally I think I’m contributing “epsilon” to the project of reverse-engineering neocortical algorithms, compared to the community of people who work on that project full-time and have been at it for decades. Whereas I’d like to think that I’m contributing more than epsilon to the project of safe & beneficial AGI. (Unless I’m contributing negatively by spreading wrong ideas!) I dunno, but I think my predispositions are on the side of an overabundance of caution.
I guess I was also taking solace from the fact that nobody here said anything to me, until your comment just now. I suppose that’s weak evidence—maybe nobody feels it’s their place. or nobody’s thinking about it, or whatever.
If you or anyone wants to form an IRB that offers a second opinion on my possibly-capabilities-relevant posts, I’m all for it. :-)
By the way, full disclosure, I notice feeling uncomfortable even talking about whether my posts are info-hazard-y or not, since it feels quite arrogant to even be considering the possibility that my poorly-researched free-time blog posts are so insightful that they materially advance the field. In reality, I’m super uncertain about how much I’m on a new right track, vs right but reinventing wheels, vs wrong, when I’m not directly parroting people (which at least rules out the first possibility). Oh well. :-P
Yeah, sure. I have some ideas about the gory details of the neocortical algorithm that I haven’t seen in the literature. They might or might not be correct and novel, but at any rate, I’m not planning to post them, and I don’t particularly care to pursue them, under the circumstances, for the reasons you mention.
Also, there was one post that I sent for feedback to a couple people in the community before posting, out of an abundance of caution. Neither person saw it as remotely problematic, in that case.
Generally I think I’m contributing “epsilon” to the project of reverse-engineering neocortical algorithms, compared to the community of people who work on that project full-time and have been at it for decades. Whereas I’d like to think that I’m contributing more than epsilon to the project of safe & beneficial AGI. (Unless I’m contributing negatively by spreading wrong ideas!) I dunno, but I think my predispositions are on the side of an overabundance of caution.
I guess I was also taking solace from the fact that nobody here said anything to me, until your comment just now. I suppose that’s weak evidence—maybe nobody feels it’s their place. or nobody’s thinking about it, or whatever.
If you or anyone wants to form an IRB that offers a second opinion on my possibly-capabilities-relevant posts, I’m all for it. :-)
By the way, full disclosure, I notice feeling uncomfortable even talking about whether my posts are info-hazard-y or not, since it feels quite arrogant to even be considering the possibility that my poorly-researched free-time blog posts are so insightful that they materially advance the field. In reality, I’m super uncertain about how much I’m on a new right track, vs right but reinventing wheels, vs wrong, when I’m not directly parroting people (which at least rules out the first possibility). Oh well. :-P