Opportunity costs. There’s a lot more useful things one can do, such as actually work on projects that reduce existential risk, or run one’s own blog, or build a following on social media such as X to influence the zeitgeist.
I consider the banning of Said as a canary in the coal mine. I do not think it is worth the effort for people to call out non-alignment posts they consider confused, badly written, or just downright dumb.
(Alignment posts are an exception, mainly because I see people like John Wentworth and Steven Byrnes write really good counter-argument comments, and there’s little to no drama or pushback by the post authors when it comes to such highly technical posts.)
Opportunity costs. There’s a lot more useful things one can do, such as actually work on projects that reduce existential risk, or run one’s own blog, or build a following on social media such as X to influence the zeitgeist.
Followup question: you thought criticism was useful in April 2023. What changed your mind?
I consider the banning of Said as a canary in the coal mine. I do not think it is worth the effort for people to call out non-alignment posts they consider confused, badly written, or just downright dumb.
(Alignment posts are an exception, mainly because I see people like John Wentworth and Steven Byrnes write really good counter-argument comments, and there’s little to no drama or pushback by the post authors when it comes to such highly technical posts.)