I’m finally in the 4-digit karma club! 🎉🎉🎉
(Yes, I like seeing number go up. Playing the LW karma game is more productive than playing Twitter/​Reddit or whatever.
That said, LW karma is a very imperfect proxy for AI safety contributions (not in the slightest bit robust to Goodharting) and I don’t treat it as such. But insomuch as it keeps me engaged with LW, it keeps me engaged with my LW AI safety projects.
I think it’s a useful motivational tool for the very easily distracted me.)
I’m finally in the 4-digit karma club! 🎉🎉🎉
(Yes, I like seeing number go up. Playing the LW karma game is more productive than playing Twitter/​Reddit or whatever.
That said, LW karma is a very imperfect proxy for AI safety contributions (not in the slightest bit robust to Goodharting) and I don’t treat it as such. But insomuch as it keeps me engaged with LW, it keeps me engaged with my LW AI safety projects.
I think it’s a useful motivational tool for the very easily distracted me.)