LW2 had to narrow down in scope under the pressure of ever-shorter AI timelines
I wouldn’t say the scope was narrowed, in fact the admin team took a lot of actions to preserve the scope, but a lot of people have shown up for AI or are now heavily interested in AI, simply making that the dominant topic. But, I like to think that people don’t think of LW as merely an “AI website”.
people don’t think of LW as merely an “AI website”.
The word “people” is doing heavy lifting here, I have found a lot of people online who think just that in tech adjacent circles. Besides gwern seems to be operating under similar premises, so I won’t be surprised if other (less informed) people also had similar takeaway as his.
I wouldn’t say the scope was narrowed, in fact the admin team took a lot of actions to preserve the scope, but a lot of people have shown up for AI or are now heavily interested in AI, simply making that the dominant topic. But, I like to think that people don’t think of LW as merely an “AI website”.
The word “people” is doing heavy lifting here, I have found a lot of people online who think just that in tech adjacent circles. Besides gwern seems to be operating under similar premises, so I won’t be surprised if other (less informed) people also had similar takeaway as his.