Without endorsing anything, I can explain the comment.
The “inside strategy” refers to the strategy of safety-conscious EAs working with (and in) the AI capabilities companies like openAI; Scott Alexander has discussed this here. See the “Cooperate / Defect?” section.
The “Quokkas gonna quokka” is a reference to this classic tweet which accuses the rationalists of being infinitely trusting, like the quokka (an animal which has no natural predators on its island and will come up and hug you if you visit). Rationalists as quokkas is a bit of a meme; search “quokka” on this page, for example.
In other words, the argument is that rationalists cannot imagine the AI companies would lie to them, and it’s ridiculous.
I am just now learning the origin of the quokka meme. The first and only time I ever saw the reference was with no explanation when someone posted this meme on Twitter
I downvoted this comment because it’s genuinely incomprehensible.
Without endorsing anything, I can explain the comment.
The “inside strategy” refers to the strategy of safety-conscious EAs working with (and in) the AI capabilities companies like openAI; Scott Alexander has discussed this here. See the “Cooperate / Defect?” section.
The “Quokkas gonna quokka” is a reference to this classic tweet which accuses the rationalists of being infinitely trusting, like the quokka (an animal which has no natural predators on its island and will come up and hug you if you visit). Rationalists as quokkas is a bit of a meme; search “quokka” on this page, for example.
In other words, the argument is that rationalists cannot imagine the AI companies would lie to them, and it’s ridiculous.
I am just now learning the origin of the quokka meme. The first and only time I ever saw the reference was with no explanation when someone posted this meme on Twitter
I agree voted given LGS’s explanation. no karma vote because yup that was pretty confusing