I think that research of the type that you describe is productive. Unless I’ve erred, my statements above are statements about the relative efficacy of funding research of the type that you describe rather than suggestions that research of the type that you describe has no value.
I personally still feel the way that I did in June despite having read Fake Fake Utility Functions, etc. I don’t think that it’s very likely the case that we will eventually have to do research of the type that you describe to ensure an ideal outcome. Relatedly, I believe that at the margin, at the moment funding other projects has higher expected value than funding research of the type that you describe. But I may be wrong and don’t have an argument against your position. I think that this is something that reasonable people can disagree on. I have no problem with you funding, engaging in and advocating research of the type that you describe.
You and I may have a difference which cannot be rationally resolved in a timely fashion on account of the information that we have access to being in a forms that makes it difficult or impossible to share. Having different people fund different projects according to their differing beliefs about the world serves as some sort of real world approximation to funding what should be funded according to the result of Bayesian averaging over all people and then funding what should be funded based on that.
So, anyway, I think you’ve given satisfactory answers to how you feel about questions (a) and (b) raised in my comment. I remain curious how you feel about point (c).
I did answer to (c) before: any reasonable effort in that direction should start with trying to get SIAI itself to change or justify the way it behaves.
Yes, I agree with you. I didn’t remember that you had answered this question before. Incidentally, I did correspond with Michael Vassar. More on this to follow later.
I think that research of the type that you describe is productive. Unless I’ve erred, my statements above are statements about the relative efficacy of funding research of the type that you describe rather than suggestions that research of the type that you describe has no value.
I personally still feel the way that I did in June despite having read Fake Fake Utility Functions, etc. I don’t think that it’s very likely the case that we will eventually have to do research of the type that you describe to ensure an ideal outcome. Relatedly, I believe that at the margin, at the moment funding other projects has higher expected value than funding research of the type that you describe. But I may be wrong and don’t have an argument against your position. I think that this is something that reasonable people can disagree on. I have no problem with you funding, engaging in and advocating research of the type that you describe.
You and I may have a difference which cannot be rationally resolved in a timely fashion on account of the information that we have access to being in a forms that makes it difficult or impossible to share. Having different people fund different projects according to their differing beliefs about the world serves as some sort of real world approximation to funding what should be funded according to the result of Bayesian averaging over all people and then funding what should be funded based on that.
So, anyway, I think you’ve given satisfactory answers to how you feel about questions (a) and (b) raised in my comment. I remain curious how you feel about point (c).
I did answer to (c) before: any reasonable effort in that direction should start with trying to get SIAI itself to change or justify the way it behaves.
Yes, I agree with you. I didn’t remember that you had answered this question before. Incidentally, I did correspond with Michael Vassar. More on this to follow later.