I recommend that you change Eliezer’s profile to first mention that he is a Research Fellow at the SI, as writing fan fiction and a blog are not high-status
The phrase popular science writer would might be useful. It’s not super high status, but it is better than blogger and clearly connects to his CFAR position.
Thinking about it a little more I would recommend something like
Eliezer is a AI theorist and popular science writer, known for both his non-fiction and educational fiction explorations of rationality. Including the highly popular Harry Potter and the Methods of rationality.
The phrase popular science writer would might be useful. It’s not super high status, but it is better than blogger and clearly connects to his CFAR position.
This would particularly be the case if Eliezer published those books he started. Writing ‘popular science writer’ based on his OB blogging would be accurate but would still give haters an excuse to insult him and claim that “He isn’t even a pop sci writer like he says he is. He’s just a blogger.”
Hater gonna hate :) but seriously as a non-retorical question how much ammunition would that give them for convincing people who don’t have a pre-written bottom line on the subject. Also does anyone know if/when he’s going to get those books published.
but seriously as a non-retorical question how much ammunition would that give them for convincing people who don’t have a pre-written bottom line on the subject.
I recommend that you change Eliezer’s profile to first mention that he is a Research Fellow at the SI, as writing fan fiction and a blog are not high-status
The phrase popular science writer would might be useful. It’s not super high status, but it is better than blogger and clearly connects to his CFAR position.
Thinking about it a little more I would recommend something like
I like it!
This would particularly be the case if Eliezer published those books he started. Writing ‘popular science writer’ based on his OB blogging would be accurate but would still give haters an excuse to insult him and claim that “He isn’t even a pop sci writer like he says he is. He’s just a blogger.”
Hater gonna hate :) but seriously as a non-retorical question how much ammunition would that give them for convincing people who don’t have a pre-written bottom line on the subject. Also does anyone know if/when he’s going to get those books published.
Very little.