To answer the question over whether Eliezer advocated for violence, I ultimately think the answer was no, but he is dancing fairly close to the line, given that an AI company believes Eliezer to be a lunatic. If it’s one of the major companies, then God help the alignment community, because Eliezer might have just ruined humanity’s future.
Also, violence doesn’t work as much as people think, and nonviolent protests are 2x as effective as violent protests or revolutions. Even in the case of nonviolent protest failure, there’s no evidence that a violent movement could have succeeded where nonviolence didn’t, which is another reason why violence doesn’t work.
There are other reasons why nonviolence works better than violence here, of course.
However, one cannot make universal statements. The efficacy of violent and nonviolent methods depend upon the exact context.
If someone believes in an imminent hard takeoff, and gives high credence to Doom, violent activity may be rational.
To answer the question over whether Eliezer advocated for violence, I ultimately think the answer was no, but he is dancing fairly close to the line, given that an AI company believes Eliezer to be a lunatic. If it’s one of the major companies, then God help the alignment community, because Eliezer might have just ruined humanity’s future.
Also, violence doesn’t work as much as people think, and nonviolent protests are 2x as effective as violent protests or revolutions. Even in the case of nonviolent protest failure, there’s no evidence that a violent movement could have succeeded where nonviolence didn’t, which is another reason why violence doesn’t work.
There are other reasons why nonviolence works better than violence here, of course.
Here’s the link to the research:
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/success-nonviolent-civil-resistance/
However, one cannot make universal statements. The efficacy of violent and nonviolent methods depend upon the exact context. If someone believes in an imminent hard takeoff, and gives high credence to Doom, violent activity may be rational.