Total absence of context is relative, I think a lot of people here knows he works at OpenAI and the timing of this post heavily implies the OpenAI/Anthropic/DoD drama. Although I also agree that it is quite vague, it is somewhat understandable if he cannot or don’t want to be too specific, and knowing the background of this post I do think there are a small amount of information.
I would bet with high uncertainty that 10% of regular LW readers and 75% of people who have read this quick take know the background context.
Also I just looked it up, according to the 2024 LW Census ~50% of users are American, which is a bit lower than I expected.
Total absence of context is relative, I think a lot of people here knows he works at OpenAI and the timing of this post heavily implies the OpenAI/Anthropic/DoD drama. Although I also agree that it is quite vague, it is somewhat understandable if he cannot or don’t want to be too specific, and knowing the background of this post I do think there are a small amount of information.
I would bet with high uncertainty that 10% of regular LW readers and 75% of people who have read this quick take know the background context.
Also I just looked it up, according to the 2024 LW Census ~50% of users are American, which is a bit lower than I expected.