people may feel intimidated or discouraged from sharing ideas because of ~‘high standards’, or something like: a tendency to require strong evidence that a new idea is not another non-solution proposal, in order to put effort into understanding it.
i have experienced this, but i don’t know how common it is.
i just also recalled that janus has said they weren’t sure simulators would be received well on LW. simulators was cited in another reply to this as an instance of novel ideas.
yep, something like more carefulness, less “playfulness” in the sense of [Please don’t throw your mind away by TsviBT]. maybe bc AI safety is more professionalised nowadays. idk.
adding another possible explanation to the list:
people may feel intimidated or discouraged from sharing ideas because of ~‘high standards’, or something like: a tendency to require strong evidence that a new idea is not another non-solution proposal, in order to put effort into understanding it.
i have experienced this, but i don’t know how common it is.
i just also recalled that janus has said they weren’t sure simulators would be received well on LW. simulators was cited in another reply to this as an instance of novel ideas.
yep, something like more carefulness, less “playfulness” in the sense of [Please don’t throw your mind away by TsviBT]. maybe bc AI safety is more professionalised nowadays. idk.