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”.
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”.