Feel like there’s a decent chance they already changed their minds as a result of meeting him or engaging with their coworkers about the issue. EAs are good at conflict resolution.
Oh, I hope so! But I would like to get the perspective of people outside our bubble.
If EA has a bad image, we are not the right people to speculate why. And if we don’t know why, then we cannot fix it. Even if Paul Christiano can convince people that he is okay, it would be better if he didn’t have to do this the next time. Maybe next time he (or some other person associated with EA) won’t even get a chance to talk in person to people who oppose EA for some reason.
EA has an extraordinary bad image right now, thanks largely to FTX. EA is not a good association to have in any context other than its base.
I suspect the pushback from within NIST has more to do with the fact that their budget has been cut to pay for this and very valuable projects put into indefinite suspension, for a cause that basically no one there supports.
Feel like there’s a decent chance they already changed their minds as a result of meeting him or engaging with their coworkers about the issue. EAs are good at conflict resolution.
Oh, I hope so! But I would like to get the perspective of people outside our bubble.
If EA has a bad image, we are not the right people to speculate why. And if we don’t know why, then we cannot fix it. Even if Paul Christiano can convince people that he is okay, it would be better if he didn’t have to do this the next time. Maybe next time he (or some other person associated with EA) won’t even get a chance to talk in person to people who oppose EA for some reason.
EA has an extraordinary bad image right now, thanks largely to FTX. EA is not a good association to have in any context other than its base.
I suspect the pushback from within NIST has more to do with the fact that their budget has been cut to pay for this and very valuable projects put into indefinite suspension, for a cause that basically no one there supports.