In addition to what pleeppleep said, I think there is a bit of illusion of transparency here.
As I’ve said elsewhere, what Eliezer clearly intends with the label “political” is not partisan electioneering to decide whether the community organizer or the business executive is the next President of the United States. Instead, he means something closer to what Paul Graham means when he talks about keeping one’s identity small.
Among humans at least, “Personal identity is the mindkiller.”
In addition to what pleeppleep said, I think there is a bit of illusion of transparency here.
As I’ve said elsewhere, what Eliezer clearly intends with the label “political” is not partisan electioneering to decide whether the community organizer or the business executive is the next President of the United States. Instead, he means something closer to what Paul Graham means when he talks about keeping one’s identity small.
Among humans at least, “Personal identity is the mindkiller.”