It seems like you want him to do more of everything. That’s not a reasonable request. He’s a communicator now, because he decided technical alignment was too hard.
I disagree with that decision, but primarily because I think he’s doing more harm than good by being so abrasive as the public face of the pause and alignment is hard viewpoints. People should be doing that, just not him.
He can’t keep up on the technical level without spending lots more time on it because he’s human. And reportedly he has chronic fatigue or despair or something, which would be pretty understandable in his position.
Having said that, I agree with you that technical alignment is a worthwhile pursuit even if you do think alignment is hard.
I think we should be recruiting communication specialists to do the public comms part of the project so nerds like the rest of us can shut up and do technical and conceptual work.
Nah I want him to do slightly less of what he does and slightly more of trying to keep up with research, because I think it would make his communication more able to land for technical people. This is not a fully general request, I think he has a specific blind spot about underrating the value of skimming technical work that isn’t immediately obviously relevant or is in the wrong ontology to immediately weigh on what he’s doing. And generally keeping up with subfields that feel like they should produce relevant insights even if they haven’t. Being able to speak their latest language when telling them why one thinks they’re making a mistake.
It is a somewhat general claim, this is just an example. But like, I’d hope for a specific kind of research flavor curiosity to come from being slightly more humble.
It seems like you want him to do more of everything. That’s not a reasonable request. He’s a communicator now, because he decided technical alignment was too hard.
I disagree with that decision, but primarily because I think he’s doing more harm than good by being so abrasive as the public face of the pause and alignment is hard viewpoints. People should be doing that, just not him.
He can’t keep up on the technical level without spending lots more time on it because he’s human. And reportedly he has chronic fatigue or despair or something, which would be pretty understandable in his position.
Having said that, I agree with you that technical alignment is a worthwhile pursuit even if you do think alignment is hard.
I think we should be recruiting communication specialists to do the public comms part of the project so nerds like the rest of us can shut up and do technical and conceptual work.
Nah I want him to do slightly less of what he does and slightly more of trying to keep up with research, because I think it would make his communication more able to land for technical people. This is not a fully general request, I think he has a specific blind spot about underrating the value of skimming technical work that isn’t immediately obviously relevant or is in the wrong ontology to immediately weigh on what he’s doing. And generally keeping up with subfields that feel like they should produce relevant insights even if they haven’t. Being able to speak their latest language when telling them why one thinks they’re making a mistake.
It is a somewhat general claim, this is just an example. But like, I’d hope for a specific kind of research flavor curiosity to come from being slightly more humble.
Oh I see. Not only do I agree, but I think this would actually get upvotes.