Those concerns would mainly apply in situations of interactions between strangers with little knowledge of either’s trustworthiness or when the broader values of the two parties are divergent or conflicting, which (by the nature of the user pool on this internet website) would not be applicable here.
SIAI is a real legal organisation that heavily depends on its public image to remain effective in any capacity (unless some billionaire philanthropist suddenly showed up and threw a bunch of capital their way). There could be various issues with changing hiring practices and using different hiring criteria for discriminate groups; there could be fears of public backlash if favoritism in “business practices” is shown towards a certain group of Internet users; various unknowns could subconsciously (or consciously) be telling them it’s a bad idea, even if there’s no solid reason.
Then again, I’m just derailing on my own tangent here. The above is all pure speculation based on very weak evidence.
Yes. When applied to context, it roughly decodes to:
I agree that there is a high likelihood that the empirical personspace cluster of LW users is more likely to trust SIAI in such scenarios, and that SIAI is also more likely to trust known LW users, but I disagree on the possible implied notion(s) (from the phrasing) that LW users are inherently more trustworthy, or more deserving of trust from SIAI, or that SIAI should trust LW users more, or that SIAI should not need to act in a transparent and industry-fair manner towards LW users, or that LW users and SIAI form the exact same empirical cluster, or that LW users and SIAI are essentially indistinguishable, or that they share a common set of values, or any combination / nuance / variation of the above.
Those concerns would mainly apply in situations of interactions between strangers with little knowledge of either’s trustworthiness or when the broader values of the two parties are divergent or conflicting, which (by the nature of the user pool on this internet website) would not be applicable here.
ADBOC.
SIAI is a real legal organisation that heavily depends on its public image to remain effective in any capacity (unless some billionaire philanthropist suddenly showed up and threw a bunch of capital their way). There could be various issues with changing hiring practices and using different hiring criteria for discriminate groups; there could be fears of public backlash if favoritism in “business practices” is shown towards a certain group of Internet users; various unknowns could subconsciously (or consciously) be telling them it’s a bad idea, even if there’s no solid reason.
Then again, I’m just derailing on my own tangent here. The above is all pure speculation based on very weak evidence.
What does this initialism stand for?
Edit: “Agree Denotationally But Object Connotationally” ?
Yes. When applied to context, it roughly decodes to:
I agree that there is a high likelihood that the empirical personspace cluster of LW users is more likely to trust SIAI in such scenarios, and that SIAI is also more likely to trust known LW users, but I disagree on the possible implied notion(s) (from the phrasing) that LW users are inherently more trustworthy, or more deserving of trust from SIAI, or that SIAI should trust LW users more, or that SIAI should not need to act in a transparent and industry-fair manner towards LW users, or that LW users and SIAI form the exact same empirical cluster, or that LW users and SIAI are essentially indistinguishable, or that they share a common set of values, or any combination / nuance / variation of the above.