I imagine most disagreement comes from the first paragraph.
The problem with assuming that since the publisher is famous their design is necessarily good is that even huge companies make much worse baffling design decisions all the time, and in this case one can directly see the design and know that it’s not great – the weak outside-view evidence that prestigious companies usually do good work doesn’t move this very much.
Yes, my disagreement was mostly with the first paragraph, which read to me like “who are you going to believe, the expert or your own lying eyes”. I’m not an expert, but I do have a sense of aesthetics, that sense of aesthetics says the cover looks bad, and many others agree. I don’t care if the cover was designed by a professional; to shift my opinion as a layperson, I would need evidence that the cover is well-received by many more people than dislike it, plus A/B tests of alternative covers that show it can’t be easily improved upon.
That said, I also disagreed somewhat with the fourth paragraph, because when it comes to AI Safety, MIRI really needs no introduction or promotion of their authors. They’re well-known, the labs just ignore their claim that “if anyone builds it, everyone dies”.
I imagine most disagreement comes from the first paragraph.
The problem with assuming that since the publisher is famous their design is necessarily good is that even huge companies make much worse baffling design decisions all the time, and in this case one can directly see the design and know that it’s not great – the weak outside-view evidence that prestigious companies usually do good work doesn’t move this very much.
Yes, my disagreement was mostly with the first paragraph, which read to me like “who are you going to believe, the expert or your own lying eyes”. I’m not an expert, but I do have a sense of aesthetics, that sense of aesthetics says the cover looks bad, and many others agree. I don’t care if the cover was designed by a professional; to shift my opinion as a layperson, I would need evidence that the cover is well-received by many more people than dislike it, plus A/B tests of alternative covers that show it can’t be easily improved upon.
That said, I also disagreed somewhat with the fourth paragraph, because when it comes to AI Safety, MIRI really needs no introduction or promotion of their authors. They’re well-known, the labs just ignore their claim that “if anyone builds it, everyone dies”.