Motivation gaps: Why so much EA criticism is hostile and lazy — EA Forum
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Disclaimer: While I criticize several EA critics in this article, I am myself on the EA-skeptical side of things (especially on AI risk). …

includes considerable nonspecific shit-talking of assigned EA enemies, including - horrors! - Timnit Gebru talking about the social issues of the actually-existing AI-industrial complex. also it’s not a CASTLE it’s a MANOR HOUSE, you fools, you rubes,

  • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
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    7 months ago

    So who is motivated to dedicate significant time to attacking AI x-risk beliefs, generally in their spare time?

    This is exactly analogous to the baffled coiners who couldn’t understand why people spent even a minuscule amount of time criticizing Bitcoin, when they weren’t remunerated for doing so.

    edit

    I misread this sentence

    Some people find Al gore smug and pretentiousness

    as referring to AI gore which is a great term for generated shit.

    Also Al Gore was a thing about 30 years ago, maybe update the cultural touchstones.

    • Soyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Also Al Gore was a thing about 30 years ago, maybe update the cultural touchstones.

      Well you should write for the audience you want to reach so I don’t see anything wrong with an al gore ref in that context.

    • maol@awful.systemsEnglish
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      7 months ago

      “AI gore, smug and pretentiousness” is a good summary of the sneer-subject of this server.