You’re thinking that LeCun would be more likely to believe AI x-risk arguments if he put more mental effort into this debate. Based on the cognitive biases literature, motivated reasoning and confirmation bias in particular, I think it’s more likely that he’d just find more clever ways to not believe x-risk arguments if he put more effort in.
I don’t know what that means for strategy, but I think it’s important to figure that out.
You’re thinking that LeCun would be more likely to believe AI x-risk arguments if he put more mental effort into this debate. Based on the cognitive biases literature, motivated reasoning and confirmation bias in particular, I think it’s more likely that he’d just find more clever ways to not believe x-risk arguments if he put more effort in.
I don’t know what that means for strategy, but I think it’s important to figure that out.