Lukeprog/Eliezer have an incentive to dismiss the paper, to distance their brand of Xrisk from it. MIRI can thereby look moderate by comparison. I approve of this strategy, but should be born in mind when evaluating their evaluation of the paper.
I have a hard time justifying even taking time to evaluate assigning significant weight to this motivation, when I consider how seriously Luke and MIRI take simulation shutdown as an existential risk.
Lukeprog/Eliezer have an incentive to dismiss the paper, to distance their brand of Xrisk from it. MIRI can thereby look moderate by comparison. I approve of this strategy, but should be born in mind when evaluating their evaluation of the paper.
I have a hard time justifying even taking time to evaluate assigning significant weight to this motivation, when I consider how seriously Luke and MIRI take simulation shutdown as an existential risk.