Thanks for being open about your response, I appreciate it and I expect many people share your reaction.
I’ve edited the section about the hotel room price/purchase, where people have pointed out I may have been incorrect or misleading,
This definitely wasn’t meant to be a hit piece, or misleading “EA bad” rhetoric.
On the point of “What does a prospective AI x-safety researcher think when they get referred to this site and see this post above several alignment research posts?”—I think this is a large segment of my intended audience. I would like people to know what they’re getting themselves in for, so they can make an informed decision.
I think that a lot of the point of this post is to explore and share the dissonance between what “thinks” right, and what “feels” right. The title of the piece was intended to make it clear that this is about an emotional, non-rational reaction. It’s styled more as a piece of journalism than as a scientific paper, because I think that that’s the best way to communicate the emotional reaction which is the main focus of the piece.
Thanks for being open about your response, I appreciate it and I expect many people share your reaction.
I’ve edited the section about the hotel room price/purchase, where people have pointed out I may have been incorrect or misleading,
This definitely wasn’t meant to be a hit piece, or misleading “EA bad” rhetoric.
On the point of “What does a prospective AI x-safety researcher think when they get referred to this site and see this post above several alignment research posts?”—I think this is a large segment of my intended audience. I would like people to know what they’re getting themselves in for, so they can make an informed decision.
I think that a lot of the point of this post is to explore and share the dissonance between what “thinks” right, and what “feels” right. The title of the piece was intended to make it clear that this is about an emotional, non-rational reaction. It’s styled more as a piece of journalism than as a scientific paper, because I think that that’s the best way to communicate the emotional reaction which is the main focus of the piece.