SIAI/FAI is explicitly NOT what Lesswrong is about and is often referred to as “the organization that must not be named” and things like that by more senior members.
I am not sure about this—do you have sources? Especially so since SIAI logo is on every page (top right corner)
You have probably neglected to notice the part of that wiki page where it says, “until the end of April 2009.” I have not noticed any significant opposition to discussion of AGI and the singularity after April 2009.
I thought that was how long it was FORBIDDEN, but that even if it was relaxed after that the point of the ban was to establish a more soft but permanent norm of not talking about it unnecessarily.
No, the ban was always intended to be a moratorium for the first few months. There is no social taboo about talking about AGI here now. It is just like any other scientific topic. Not directly the topic of the site but with a couple of connections which will crop up whenever it is natural.
Interesting, but it seems that this intention has been overruled by forum participants. While there are no posts addressing AGI mechanizms directly, there are many about FAI, Singularity and decision theory.
Are there any by official SIAI people? I know such posts exist but my impression was they were slightly frowned upon and supposed to be kept at a minimum.
SIAI is not official “owners” of the site; it’s community-managed. The closest thing to official is a site admin. Nesov has certainly posted on AI related topics.
What I mean it that they do not chose to set the policy for the site directly. This task is delegated to the admins, most of whom are not SIAI employees.
I am not sure about this—do you have sources? Especially so since SIAI logo is on every page (top right corner)
This was done to keep the sequences on the topic of rationality rather than AI theory/singularitarianism. It isn’t really used anymore.
Ah. And my intuitions about LessWrong norms are primarily shaped by the sequences. That explains a bit.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Topic_that_must_not_be_named
You have probably neglected to notice the part of that wiki page where it says, “until the end of April 2009.” I have not noticed any significant opposition to discussion of AGI and the singularity after April 2009.
I thought that was how long it was FORBIDDEN, but that even if it was relaxed after that the point of the ban was to establish a more soft but permanent norm of not talking about it unnecessarily.
No, the ban was always intended to be a moratorium for the first few months. There is no social taboo about talking about AGI here now. It is just like any other scientific topic. Not directly the topic of the site but with a couple of connections which will crop up whenever it is natural.
Interesting, but it seems that this intention has been overruled by forum participants. While there are no posts addressing AGI mechanizms directly, there are many about FAI, Singularity and decision theory.
Are there any by official SIAI people? I know such posts exist but my impression was they were slightly frowned upon and supposed to be kept at a minimum.
SIAI is not official “owners” of the site; it’s community-managed. The closest thing to official is a site admin. Nesov has certainly posted on AI related topics.
I think SIAI are, in fact, at least partial owners of the site—if not, why is their logo on the header?
I think you’re right, with emphasis on the “at least”.
What I mean it that they do not chose to set the policy for the site directly. This task is delegated to the admins, most of whom are not SIAI employees.
Ok, I was not aware of Nesov having posted SIAI stuff. Yea, that certainly undermines my position a bit.