it seems plausible that the piece was written by someone who only has access to public writings. it has some confusions that seem unlikely but not completely inexplicable—for example, the assumption that EA is a major steering force in the uniparty (maybe the author is from Anthropic where this is more true); I also find the description of uniparty views to a bit too homogenous (maybe the author is trying to emphasize how small the apparent differences are compared to the space of all beliefs, or maybe they are an external spectator who is unaware of the details).
Yeah that EA-prevalence assumption also caused me to doubt that the author actually worked at an AI company, it was very dissonant with my experience at least.
it seems plausible that the piece was written by someone who only has access to public writings. it has some confusions that seem unlikely but not completely inexplicable—for example, the assumption that EA is a major steering force in the uniparty (maybe the author is from Anthropic where this is more true); I also find the description of uniparty views to a bit too homogenous (maybe the author is trying to emphasize how small the apparent differences are compared to the space of all beliefs, or maybe they are an external spectator who is unaware of the details).
Yeah that EA-prevalence assumption also caused me to doubt that the author actually worked at an AI company, it was very dissonant with my experience at least.