Looking back on this thread, I’m so confused why this comment was highly upvoted. Isn’t it kind of obvious that it’s reasonable to focus on Eliezer / MIRI because they are super influential (or at least were, with their influence continuing to wane over time)? I think this holds even if there are other problems with shard theory one could address, and even if TurnTrout’s complaints about Eliezer/MIRI don’t hold water.
Looking back on this thread, I’m so confused why this comment was highly upvoted. Isn’t it kind of obvious that it’s reasonable to focus on Eliezer / MIRI because they are super influential (or at least were, with their influence continuing to wane over time)? I think this holds even if there are other problems with shard theory one could address, and even if TurnTrout’s complaints about Eliezer/MIRI don’t hold water.