Nothing of what you just wrote justifies your changing the meaning of the comment you quoted by selectively removing parts of it you happen to think are not representative.
Regarding the rest of your comment: it both distorts history and makes irrelevant points. LessWrong was created as a rationality community, not an AI risk propaganda vehicle, even though yes, that was one of the goals (in fact, LW had an initial taboo period on the AI risk theme specifically to strengthen the other interests). The connections between LW and SIAI do not mean that one exists solely for the sake of the other. And finally, and most importantly, even if EY did create LW solely for the purpose of getting more money for SIAI—which I don’t believe—that’s no reason for other users of the site to obey the same imperative or share the same goal. I’m sympathetic towards SIAI but far from being convinced by them and I’m able to participate in LW just fine. I’m far from being alone in this. LW is what its userbase makes it.
The passive voice in “this community is meant to allure” makes it almost a meaningless statement. Who is doing the meaning? LW is what it is, and nobody has to care who it is “meant to allure”. It allures people who are drawn to topics discussed on it.
Nothing of what you just wrote justifies your changing the meaning of the comment you quoted by selectively removing parts of it you happen to think are not representative.
Regarding the rest of your comment: it both distorts history and makes irrelevant points. LessWrong was created as a rationality community, not an AI risk propaganda vehicle, even though yes, that was one of the goals (in fact, LW had an initial taboo period on the AI risk theme specifically to strengthen the other interests). The connections between LW and SIAI do not mean that one exists solely for the sake of the other. And finally, and most importantly, even if EY did create LW solely for the purpose of getting more money for SIAI—which I don’t believe—that’s no reason for other users of the site to obey the same imperative or share the same goal. I’m sympathetic towards SIAI but far from being convinced by them and I’m able to participate in LW just fine. I’m far from being alone in this. LW is what its userbase makes it.
The passive voice in “this community is meant to allure” makes it almost a meaningless statement. Who is doing the meaning? LW is what it is, and nobody has to care who it is “meant to allure”. It allures people who are drawn to topics discussed on it.