Why do you assume that Yelsgib doesn’t know or keep that in mind?
The problem is that Yudkowsky insists that a mechanistic view of the universe is the only correct perspective even though problems like alignment are inherently inaccessible from such a perspective due to Hume’s Guillotine. It’s only from a subjective POV that the idea that human suffering and/or extinction can be considered bad.
Why do you assume that Yelsgib doesn’t know or keep that in mind?
The problem is that Yudkowsky insists that a mechanistic view of the universe is the only correct perspective even though problems like alignment are inherently inaccessible from such a perspective due to Hume’s Guillotine. It’s only from a subjective POV that the idea that human suffering and/or extinction can be considered bad.