To put it another way, I would agree that Eliezer has made (what seem to me like) world-historically-significant contributions to understanding and advocating for (against) AI risk.
So, if 2007 Eliezer was asking himself, “Why am I the only one really looking into this?”, I think that’s a very reasonable question.
But here in 2022, I just don’t see this particular post as that significant of a contribution compared to what’s already out there.
To put it another way, I would agree that Eliezer has made (what seem to me like) world-historically-significant contributions to understanding and advocating for (against) AI risk.
So, if 2007 Eliezer was asking himself, “Why am I the only one really looking into this?”, I think that’s a very reasonable question.
But here in 2022, I just don’t see this particular post as that significant of a contribution compared to what’s already out there.