Why did you make it a strawman instead of a steelman? I would expect a steelman to be a better model of an actual AI optimist, and therefore easier for them to engage with.
Strawman and steelman arguments are the same thing. It’s just better to label them “strawman” so rather than “steelman” so you don’t overestimate their value.
What I mean by going from strawman to steelman, is to present the argument in a more convincing way. For example, in my opinion, strong intensifiers make the first sentence unnecessarily hard to agree with.
The rapid progress spearheaded by OpenAI is clearly leading to artificial intelligence that will soon surpass humanity in every way.
You clearly have the skills to present arguments in a much more nuanced and convincing way, as demonstrated in your rebuttal to the first sentence:
[List of 10 things humanity might want to achieve] In most cases, [...] Mostly I don’t see it.
I personally think that if those skills had been used in this post, it would have gotten more engagement.
Why did you make it a strawman instead of a steelman? I would expect a steelman to be a better model of an actual AI optimist, and therefore easier for them to engage with.
Strawman and steelman arguments are the same thing. It’s just better to label them “strawman” so rather than “steelman” so you don’t overestimate their value.
What I mean by going from strawman to steelman, is to present the argument in a more convincing way. For example, in my opinion, strong intensifiers make the first sentence unnecessarily hard to agree with.
You clearly have the skills to present arguments in a much more nuanced and convincing way, as demonstrated in your rebuttal to the first sentence:
I personally think that if those skills had been used in this post, it would have gotten more engagement.
Ah, I see. I’ve gone and edited my rebuttal to be more forceful and less hedgy.