Additionally, the OP seems to me good for communication: Eliezer had a lot of bottled up thoughts, and here put them out in the world, where his thoughts can bump into other people who can in turn bump back into him.
AFAICT, conversation (free, open, “non-consequentialist” conversation, following interests and what seems worth sharing rather than solely backchaining from goals) is one of the places where consciousness and sanity sometimes enter. It’s right there next to “free individual thought” in my list of beautiful things that are worth engaging in and safeguarding.
Ditto.
Additionally, the OP seems to me good for communication: Eliezer had a lot of bottled up thoughts, and here put them out in the world, where his thoughts can bump into other people who can in turn bump back into him.
AFAICT, conversation (free, open, “non-consequentialist” conversation, following interests and what seems worth sharing rather than solely backchaining from goals) is one of the places where consciousness and sanity sometimes enter. It’s right there next to “free individual thought” in my list of beautiful things that are worth engaging in and safeguarding.