I upvoted this, as it has some very good points about why the current general attitude is about scientific secrecy. I almost didn’t though, as I do feel that the attitude in the last few paragraphs is unnecessarily confrontational. I feel you are mostly correct in saying what you said there, especially what you said in the second to last paragraph. But then the last paragraph kind of spoils it by being very confrontational and rather rude. I would not have had reservations about my upvote if you had simply left that paragraph off. As it is now, I almost didn’t upvote it, as I have no wish to condone any sort of impoliteness.
Is your complaint about the tone of the last paragraphs, or about the content?
In case you are wondering, yes, I have a low opinion of the SI. I think it’s unlikely that they are competent to achieve what they claim they want to achieve.
But my belief may be wrong, or may have been correct in the past but then made obsolete by the SI changing their nature. While I don’t think that AI safety is presently as a significant issue as they claim it is, I see that there is some value in doing some research on it, as long as the results are publicly disseminated.
So my last paragraphs may have been somewhat confrontational, but they were an honest attempt to give them the benefit of doubt and to suggest them a way to achieve their goals and prove my reservations wrong.
I upvoted this, as it has some very good points about why the current general attitude is about scientific secrecy. I almost didn’t though, as I do feel that the attitude in the last few paragraphs is unnecessarily confrontational. I feel you are mostly correct in saying what you said there, especially what you said in the second to last paragraph. But then the last paragraph kind of spoils it by being very confrontational and rather rude. I would not have had reservations about my upvote if you had simply left that paragraph off. As it is now, I almost didn’t upvote it, as I have no wish to condone any sort of impoliteness.
Is your complaint about the tone of the last paragraphs, or about the content?
In case you are wondering, yes, I have a low opinion of the SI. I think it’s unlikely that they are competent to achieve what they claim they want to achieve.
But my belief may be wrong, or may have been correct in the past but then made obsolete by the SI changing their nature.
While I don’t think that AI safety is presently as a significant issue as they claim it is, I see that there is some value in doing some research on it, as long as the results are publicly disseminated.
So my last paragraphs may have been somewhat confrontational, but they were an honest attempt to give them the benefit of doubt and to suggest them a way to achieve their goals and prove my reservations wrong.