I am not an American (so excuse me for my bad English!), so my opinion about the admissibility of attack on the US data centers is not so important. This is not my country.
But reading about the bombing of Russian data centers as an example was unpleasant. It sounds like a Western bias for me. And not only for me.
If the text is aimed at readers not only from the First World countries, well, perhaps the authors should do such a clarification as you did! Then it will not look like political hypocrisy. Or not write about air strikes at all, because people are distracted for discussing this.
Thank you for pointing this perspective out. Although Eliezer is from the west, I assure you he cares nothing for that sort of politics. The whole point is that the ban would have to be universally supported, with a tight alliance between US, China, Russia, and ideally every other country in the world. No one wants to do any airstrikes and, you’re right, they are distracting from the real conversation.
Thanks. I agree it was a mistake for Yudkowsky to mention that bit, for the reason you mention. Alternatively he should have clarified that he wasn’t being a hypocrite and that he’d say the same thing if it was US datacenters going rogue and threatening the world.
I think your opinion matters morally and epistemically regardless of your nationality. I agree that your opinion is less likely to influence the US government if you aren’t living in the US. Sorry about that.
? Can you elaborate, I’m not sure what you are saying.
I am not an American (so excuse me for my bad English!), so my opinion about the admissibility of attack on the US data centers is not so important. This is not my country.
But reading about the bombing of Russian data centers as an example was unpleasant. It sounds like a Western bias for me. And not only for me.
‘What on Earth was the point of choosing this as an example? To rouse the political emotions of the readers and distract them from the main question?’.
If the text is aimed at readers not only from the First World countries, well, perhaps the authors should do such a clarification as you did! Then it will not look like political hypocrisy. Or not write about air strikes at all, because people are distracted for discussing this.
I’m Russian and I think, when I will translate this, I will change “Russian” to “[other country’s]”. Will feel safer that way.
BTW, Done
Thank you for pointing this perspective out. Although Eliezer is from the west, I assure you he cares nothing for that sort of politics. The whole point is that the ban would have to be universally supported, with a tight alliance between US, China, Russia, and ideally every other country in the world. No one wants to do any airstrikes and, you’re right, they are distracting from the real conversation.
Thanks. I agree it was a mistake for Yudkowsky to mention that bit, for the reason you mention. Alternatively he should have clarified that he wasn’t being a hypocrite and that he’d say the same thing if it was US datacenters going rogue and threatening the world.
I think your opinion matters morally and epistemically regardless of your nationality. I agree that your opinion is less likely to influence the US government if you aren’t living in the US. Sorry about that.
Thanks for your answer, this is important to me.