It’s not that clear to me exactly what test/principle/model is being proposed here.
A lot of it is written in terms of not being “misleading”, which I interpret as ‘intentionally causing others to update in the wrong direction’. But the goal to have people not be shocked by the inner layers suggests that there’s a duty to actively inform people about (some aspects of) what’s inside; leaving them with their priors isn’t good enough. (But what exactly does “shocked” mean, and how does it compare with other possible targets like “upset” or “betrayed”?) And the parts about “signposting” suggest that there’s an aim of helping people build explicit models about the inner layers, which is not just a matter of what probabilities/anticipations they have.
I meant signposting to indicate things like saying “here’s a place where I have more to say but not in this context” etc, during for instance a conversation, so I’m truthfully saying that there’s more to the story.
Yeah, I think “intentionally causing others to update in the wrong direction” and “leaving them with their priors” end up pretty similar (if you don’t make strong distinctions between action and omission, which I think this test at least partially rests on) if you have a good model of their priors (which I think is potentially the hardest part here).
It’s not that clear to me exactly what test/principle/model is being proposed here.
A lot of it is written in terms of not being “misleading”, which I interpret as ‘intentionally causing others to update in the wrong direction’. But the goal to have people not be shocked by the inner layers suggests that there’s a duty to actively inform people about (some aspects of) what’s inside; leaving them with their priors isn’t good enough. (But what exactly does “shocked” mean, and how does it compare with other possible targets like “upset” or “betrayed”?) And the parts about “signposting” suggest that there’s an aim of helping people build explicit models about the inner layers, which is not just a matter of what probabilities/anticipations they have.
I meant signposting to indicate things like saying “here’s a place where I have more to say but not in this context” etc, during for instance a conversation, so I’m truthfully saying that there’s more to the story.
Yeah, I think “intentionally causing others to update in the wrong direction” and “leaving them with their priors” end up pretty similar (if you don’t make strong distinctions between action and omission, which I think this test at least partially rests on) if you have a good model of their priors (which I think is potentially the hardest part here).