and that in place founded by a guy who was trained in.. nothing
I don’t consider Eliezer to be an authority on anything other than maybe what he meant to write in his fanfics. I’m as skeptical of his work on AI risk as I am on this.
You were suggesting that it was inconsistent to defer to experts on science, but use a site founded by someone who isn’t an expert. I replied that I don’t consider the site founder someone to defer to.
You were suggesting that it was inconsistent to defer to experts on science, but use a site founded by someone who isn’t an expert.
No, I wasn’t.
I pointed out that I find deferring to experts much less useful than you do, and that I am surprised to find high-priesthood attitudes persisting on LW. My surprise is not an accusation of inconsistency.
I don’t consider Eliezer to be an authority on anything other than maybe what he meant to write in his fanfics. I’m as skeptical of his work on AI risk as I am on this.
Maybe the right question isn’t who is or is not an authority, but rather who writes/creates interesting and useful things?
You were suggesting that it was inconsistent to defer to experts on science, but use a site founded by someone who isn’t an expert. I replied that I don’t consider the site founder someone to defer to.
No, I wasn’t.
I pointed out that I find deferring to experts much less useful than you do, and that I am surprised to find high-priesthood attitudes persisting on LW. My surprise is not an accusation of inconsistency.