I actually loved reading it. Some of those are up there among my favorite EY quotes. Arrogant, sometimes needing context to make them make sense and sometimes best left unsaid for practical reasons but still brilliant. For example:
I am tempted to say that a doctorate in AI would be negatively useful, but I am not one to hold someone’s reckless youth against them—just because you acquired a doctorate in AI doesn’t mean you should be permanently disqualified.
There is also a quote there that I agree should remain visible, to Eliezer’s shame, until such time that he swallows his ego and publicly admits that it was an utterly idiotic way to behave. Then there is at least one quote which really deserves a disclaimer in a footnote—that EY has already written an entire sequence on admitting how stupid he was to think the way he thought when he wrote it!
I was actually rather disappointed when the list only went for a page or two. I was looking forward to reading all the highlights and lowlights. He deserves at least a few hundred best of and worst of quotes!
Then there is at least one quote which really deserves a disclaimer in a footnote...
By following the link below the quote people could learn that he claims that he doesn’t agree with what he wrote there anymore. But I added an extra disclaimer now.
I actually loved reading it. Some of those are up there among my favorite EY quotes. Arrogant, sometimes needing context to make them make sense and sometimes best left unsaid for practical reasons but still brilliant. For example:
There is also a quote there that I agree should remain visible, to Eliezer’s shame, until such time that he swallows his ego and publicly admits that it was an utterly idiotic way to behave. Then there is at least one quote which really deserves a disclaimer in a footnote—that EY has already written an entire sequence on admitting how stupid he was to think the way he thought when he wrote it!
I was actually rather disappointed when the list only went for a page or two. I was looking forward to reading all the highlights and lowlights. He deserves at least a few hundred best of and worst of quotes!
There’s always sorting in http://www.ibiblio.org/weidai/lesswrong_user.php?u=Eliezer_Yudkowsky
By following the link below the quote people could learn that he claims that he doesn’t agree with what he wrote there anymore. But I added an extra disclaimer now.