I’d also be curious to know why (some) people downvoted this.
Perhaps it’s because you imply that some OpenAI folks were captured, and maybe some people think that that’s unwarranted in this case?
Sadly, the more-likely explanation (IMO) is that policy discussions can easily become tribal, even on LessWrong.
I think LW still does better than most places at rewarding discourse that’s thoughtful/thought-provoking and resisting tribal impulses, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some people were doing something like “ah he is saying something Against AI Labs//Pro-regulation, and that is bad under my worldview, therefore downvote.”
(And I also think this happens the other way around as well, and I’m sure people who write things that are “pro AI labs//anti-regulation” are sometimes unfairly downvoted by people in the opposite tribe.)
I’d also be curious to know why (some) people downvoted this.
Perhaps it’s because you imply that some OpenAI folks were captured, and maybe some people think that that’s unwarranted in this case?
Sadly, the more-likely explanation (IMO) is that policy discussions can easily become tribal, even on LessWrong.
I think LW still does better than most places at rewarding discourse that’s thoughtful/thought-provoking and resisting tribal impulses, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some people were doing something like “ah he is saying something Against AI Labs//Pro-regulation, and that is bad under my worldview, therefore downvote.”
(And I also think this happens the other way around as well, and I’m sure people who write things that are “pro AI labs//anti-regulation” are sometimes unfairly downvoted by people in the opposite tribe.)