I read “affective rhetoric” as “effective rhetoric”. (oops) Yes, “affective rhetoric” is a much more appropriate comment than (“effective rhetoric”). Since it seems like a good place for a neophyte to begin, I will address your comment about the paperclip AI in the welcome thread where Anna Salamon replied.
Anna Salamon replied on the Welcome thread, starting with:
This is in response to a comment of brynema’s elsewhere; if we want LW discussions to thrive even in cases where the discussions require non-trivial prerequisites, my guess is that we should get in the habit of taking “already discussed exhaustively” questions to the welcome thread.
I read “affective rhetoric” as “effective rhetoric”. (oops) Yes, “affective rhetoric” is a much more appropriate comment than (“effective rhetoric”). Since it seems like a good place for a neophyte to begin, I will address your comment about the paperclip AI in the welcome thread where Anna Salamon replied.
Anna Salamon replied on the Welcome thread, starting with: