For those conspiracy theorizing: I am curious about how much of a long game Eliezer would have had to been playing to create Nathan Russell and David McFadzean personas, establish them to sufficient believability for others, then maintain them for long enough to make it look like they were not created for the experiment. It would probably be easier to falsify the sl4.org records; we know how quickly Eliezer writes, so he could make up an AI discussion list years after the fact then claim to be storing its records. A quick check (5 minutes!) shows evidence of that Nathan Russell from other sources. I am tempted to call him.
Not that you should believe that I exist. Sure, it looks like I have years of posting history at my own sites, but this is a long game. It is essential to make sure that you have control over your critics, so you can either discredit them or have them surrender at key points.
For those conspiracy theorizing: I am curious about how much of a long game Eliezer would have had to been playing to create Nathan Russell and David McFadzean personas, establish them to sufficient believability for others, then maintain them for long enough to make it look like they were not created for the experiment. It would probably be easier to falsify the sl4.org records; we know how quickly Eliezer writes, so he could make up an AI discussion list years after the fact then claim to be storing its records. A quick check (5 minutes!) shows evidence of that Nathan Russell from other sources. I am tempted to call him.
Not that you should believe that I exist. Sure, it looks like I have years of posting history at my own sites, but this is a long game. It is essential to make sure that you have control over your critics, so you can either discredit them or have them surrender at key points.