The term “canonical” has a somewhat different definition in the fields of math and computer science. Eliezer is probably using it influenced by this definition, in the sense of “converting his writing into canonical form”, as opposed to an ad-hoc or temporary form. In my experience, the construction “canonicalize” refers almost exclusively to this sense of the word.
You canonicalize?
Where can we find your canon, and is it marked as canonical?
This might (partly) answer your question:
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/why-im-blooking.html
So he means a future canon? I can’t go somewhere today and find it?
(I disapprove of anyone calling some of their own non-fiction works ‘canonical’, but without conviction, never having thought about it before.)
The term “canonical” has a somewhat different definition in the fields of math and computer science. Eliezer is probably using it influenced by this definition, in the sense of “converting his writing into canonical form”, as opposed to an ad-hoc or temporary form. In my experience, the construction “canonicalize” refers almost exclusively to this sense of the word.
See the Jargon File entry for clarification.