I personally would not recommend financial support of MIRI, because I’m worried it will amplify net negative communications from him
Small note: Eliezer is largely backing off from direct comms and most of our comms in the next year will be less Eliezer’s-direct-words-being-promoted than in the past (as opposed to more). Obviously still lots of Eliezer thoughts and Eliezer perspectives and goals, but more filtered as opposed to less so. Just FYI.
Oh alas, I think that is a major update downwards on MIRI’s work here. Happy to chat about it if you want sometime, but it appears to me that almost every time Eliezer intentionally writes substantial public comms here, things get non-trivially better (e.g. I think the Time article was much better than other things MIRI had done for a while). I am not super confident here.
To be clear, it’s not because we agree with Buck’s model. It’s more that Eliezer has persistent health and stamina issues and others (Nate, Malo, etc.) need to step up and receive the torch.
Small note: Eliezer is largely backing off from direct comms and most of our comms in the next year will be less Eliezer’s-direct-words-being-promoted than in the past (as opposed to more). Obviously still lots of Eliezer thoughts and Eliezer perspectives and goals, but more filtered as opposed to less so. Just FYI.
Oh alas, I think that is a major update downwards on MIRI’s work here. Happy to chat about it if you want sometime, but it appears to me that almost every time Eliezer intentionally writes substantial public comms here, things get non-trivially better (e.g. I think the Time article was much better than other things MIRI had done for a while). I am not super confident here.
To be clear, it’s not because we agree with Buck’s model. It’s more that Eliezer has persistent health and stamina issues and others (Nate, Malo, etc.) need to step up and receive the torch.
(Also “less” doesn’t mean “zero”.)