I think this domain needs clarity-of-thought more than it needs a social-conflict orientation
Openly calling people evil has some element of “deciding who to be in social conflict with”, but insofar as it has some element of “this is simply an accurate description of the world” then FWIW I want to note that this consideration partially cuts in favor of just plainly stating what counts as evil, even whether specific people have met that bar.
If I thought evil was a more useful gear here I’d be more into it. Like, I think “they probably committing an atrocity” carves reality at the joints.
I think there are maybe 3 people involved with AGI development who seem like they might be best described as “evil” (one of whom is Sam Altman, who I feel comfortable naming because I think we’ve seen evidence of him doing nearterm more mundane evil, rather than making guesses about their character and motivations)
I think it probably isn’t helpful to think of Eichmann as evil, though again fine to say “he commited atrocities” or even “he did evil.”
As an aside, I notice that I currently feel much more reticent to name individuals who there is not some sort of legal/civilizational consensus about their character. I think I am a bit worried about contributing to the dehumanization of people who are active players, and a drop in basic standards of decency toward them, evenif I were to believe they were evil.
Openly calling people evil has some element of “deciding who to be in social conflict with”, but insofar as it has some element of “this is simply an accurate description of the world” then FWIW I want to note that this consideration partially cuts in favor of just plainly stating what counts as evil, even whether specific people have met that bar.
If I thought evil was a more useful gear here I’d be more into it. Like, I think “they probably committing an atrocity” carves reality at the joints.
I think there are maybe 3 people involved with AGI development who seem like they might be best described as “evil” (one of whom is Sam Altman, who I feel comfortable naming because I think we’ve seen evidence of him doing nearterm more mundane evil, rather than making guesses about their character and motivations)
I think it probably isn’t helpful to think of Eichmann as evil, though again fine to say “he commited atrocities” or even “he did evil.”
Yeah that makes sense.
As an aside, I notice that I currently feel much more reticent to name individuals who there is not some sort of legal/civilizational consensus about their character. I think I am a bit worried about contributing to the dehumanization of people who are active players, and a drop in basic standards of decency toward them, even if I were to believe they were evil.