It seems either this was posted to the wrong place, or there is some disagreement within the community (e.g. between Ben in that thread and the people downvoting).
You may well be right, but it’s also possible that some readers think (1) Galfour did well to write up his thoughts but (2) now that we’ve seen them his thoughts are terrible. (Ridiculous over-the-top analogy: you ask a friend to tell you honestly and without filters what his political opinions are. He turns out to be an unreconstructed Nazi. You’re glad he told you honestly, but now he’s done it you don’t want to be his friend any more.)
Or some may think: (1) as above but (2) the comments above aren’t actually writing up his thoughts about AGI, and aren’t interesting.
Or some may think: (1) as above but (2) Ben specifically suggested that personal thoughts on AGI should go on personal LW2 blogs rather than the front page, whereas here Galfour is saying that when he writes up his thoughts they will go on the front page.
(Lest I be misunderstood: I have not downvoted this post; I don’t think anything he wrote above was terrible; I also don’t think it’s terribly interesting, but since it’s intended mostly as background I don’t see any particular reason why it needs to be; I have no strong opinion on whether Galfour’s AGI opinions, once written, will belong on the front page.)
Galfour was specifically asked to write his thought up in this thread: https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/BEtzRE2M5m9YEAQpX/there-s-no-fire-alarm-for-artificial-general-intelligence/kAywLDdLrNsCvXztL
It seems either this was posted to the wrong place, or there is some disagreement within the community (e.g. between Ben in that thread and the people downvoting).
You may well be right, but it’s also possible that some readers think (1) Galfour did well to write up his thoughts but (2) now that we’ve seen them his thoughts are terrible. (Ridiculous over-the-top analogy: you ask a friend to tell you honestly and without filters what his political opinions are. He turns out to be an unreconstructed Nazi. You’re glad he told you honestly, but now he’s done it you don’t want to be his friend any more.)
Or some may think: (1) as above but (2) the comments above aren’t actually writing up his thoughts about AGI, and aren’t interesting.
Or some may think: (1) as above but (2) Ben specifically suggested that personal thoughts on AGI should go on personal LW2 blogs rather than the front page, whereas here Galfour is saying that when he writes up his thoughts they will go on the front page.
(Lest I be misunderstood: I have not downvoted this post; I don’t think anything he wrote above was terrible; I also don’t think it’s terribly interesting, but since it’s intended mostly as background I don’t see any particular reason why it needs to be; I have no strong opinion on whether Galfour’s AGI opinions, once written, will belong on the front page.)