I’ve actually been doing research on the Semmelweiss reflex, ethics, and the problems of unbearable knowledge and defensive unknowing in the context of making decisions about existential threats, with an eye on how to solve the problem of giving people more tools and cognitive resources. AI alignment is one of the existential threats of interest. (Essentially, I have been quietly working the same problem you are publicly working towards solving.)
I think you have some great points, but I have a lot to add.
Unfortunately, I lack a lot of the jargon of LW, and operate from different heuristics, so accidentally alienate people easily. Within the social mores of Less Wrong, what’s appropriate? To message you privately, to write a very long comment, to create a separate post? What would you prefer? I would really love to talk about this without accidentally blowing anything up.
I wouldn’t say I’m strongly a part of the LW community, but I have read and enjoyed the sequences. I am also undiagnosed autistic and have many times gotten into arguments for reasons that seemed to me like other people not liking the way I communicate, so I can relate to that. If you want to talk privately where there is less chance of accidentally offending larger numbers of people, feel free to reach out to me in a private message. You can think of it as a dry run for posting or reaching out to others if you want.
I’ve actually been doing research on the Semmelweiss reflex, ethics, and the problems of unbearable knowledge and defensive unknowing in the context of making decisions about existential threats, with an eye on how to solve the problem of giving people more tools and cognitive resources. AI alignment is one of the existential threats of interest. (Essentially, I have been quietly working the same problem you are publicly working towards solving.)
I think you have some great points, but I have a lot to add.
Unfortunately, I lack a lot of the jargon of LW, and operate from different heuristics, so accidentally alienate people easily. Within the social mores of Less Wrong, what’s appropriate? To message you privately, to write a very long comment, to create a separate post? What would you prefer? I would really love to talk about this without accidentally blowing anything up.
I wouldn’t say I’m strongly a part of the LW community, but I have read and enjoyed the sequences. I am also undiagnosed autistic and have many times gotten into arguments for reasons that seemed to me like other people not liking the way I communicate, so I can relate to that. If you want to talk privately where there is less chance of accidentally offending larger numbers of people, feel free to reach out to me in a private message. You can think of it as a dry run for posting or reaching out to others if you want.