Incidentally Eliezer, is this really worth your time?
This comment might have caused a tremendous loss of value, if Eliezer took Marcello’s words seriously here and so stopped talking about his metaethics. As Luke points out here, despite all the ink spilled, very few seemed to have gotten the point (at least, from only reading him).
I’ve personally had to re-read it many times over, years apart even, and I’m still not sure I fully understand it. It’s also been the most personally valuable sequence, the sole cause of significant fundamental updates. (The other sequences seemed mostly obvious—which made them more suitable as just incredibly clear references, sometimes if only to send to others.)
This comment might have caused a tremendous loss of value, if Eliezer took Marcello’s words seriously here and so stopped talking about his metaethics. As Luke points out here, despite all the ink spilled, very few seemed to have gotten the point (at least, from only reading him).
I’ve personally had to re-read it many times over, years apart even, and I’m still not sure I fully understand it. It’s also been the most personally valuable sequence, the sole cause of significant fundamental updates. (The other sequences seemed mostly obvious—which made them more suitable as just incredibly clear references, sometimes if only to send to others.)
I’m sad that there isn’t more.
If there is an urgent need to actually build safe AI, as was widely believed 10+ years ago, Marcello’s comment makes sense .