I do believe the “eurocentric” argument is a manifestation of moloch, it is the new version of “x is the next hitler” or “y was done by the nazis”, it can be used to dismiss any argument coming from the west and to justify almost anything, for example it could be used by china or any latin american country putting an AGI in the government by saying: “AI safety is an eurocentric concept made to perpetuate western hegemony”
So as a rule of thumb, I refuse to giving anyone saying that the benefit of the doubt, in my model anyone using that argument has a hidden agenda behind it and even if they don’t, the false positives are not enough to change my mind, it’s a net positive personal policy, sorry not sorry
I do believe the “eurocentric” argument is a manifestation of moloch, it is the new version of “x is the next hitler” or “y was done by the nazis”, it can be used to dismiss any argument coming from the west and to justify almost anything, for example it could be used by china or any latin american country putting an AGI in the government by saying: “AI safety is an eurocentric concept made to perpetuate western hegemony”
So as a rule of thumb, I refuse to giving anyone saying that the benefit of the doubt, in my model anyone using that argument has a hidden agenda behind it and even if they don’t, the false positives are not enough to change my mind, it’s a net positive personal policy, sorry not sorry