I should note that the post was somewhat hastily written – I agree that my categorization was not comprehensive, and yours is probably better.
I was mainly trying to point at a dynamic I see often online where influential voices present arguments regarding AI risk that completely ignore years of back-and-forth discussion on similar topics, but whose positions are interpreted as the “forefront” of the debate – leading to offshoot discussions that again, miss years of relevant literature and discourse. I think this leads to, among other things, Eliezer frequently “losing it” on X/Twitter over people apparently misunderstanding something he wrote about in detail 20 years ago.
Community Notes on X/Twitter are sometimes regarded as a major improvement to collective epistemics, but I think there is a lot of room for improvement with tools that “situate” current discussions within previous ones.
But yes, I am describing a somewhat vague and imprecise problem here, so it may be difficult to categorize or pin it down with certainty.
Apologies for the delayed response.
I should note that the post was somewhat hastily written – I agree that my categorization was not comprehensive, and yours is probably better.
I was mainly trying to point at a dynamic I see often online where influential voices present arguments regarding AI risk that completely ignore years of back-and-forth discussion on similar topics, but whose positions are interpreted as the “forefront” of the debate – leading to offshoot discussions that again, miss years of relevant literature and discourse. I think this leads to, among other things, Eliezer frequently “losing it” on X/Twitter over people apparently misunderstanding something he wrote about in detail 20 years ago.
Community Notes on X/Twitter are sometimes regarded as a major improvement to collective epistemics, but I think there is a lot of room for improvement with tools that “situate” current discussions within previous ones.
But yes, I am describing a somewhat vague and imprecise problem here, so it may be difficult to categorize or pin it down with certainty.