Nice, thanks. I’m willing to do it (I’ve actually never used G+ or Twitter before...). I would think though if there is a LW user who Musk might have actually heard of, say through the Superintelligence book, then that would be more likely to get a response. In other words, I think if Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote to Elon, that could be a good thing.
Do not spam high-status people. That’s a recipe for an ugh field. I’m pretty confident that Elon Musk is capable of navigating this terrain, including finding a competent guide if needed. He’s obviously read extensively on the topic, something that’s not possible to do without discovering MIRI and its proponents.
Who is talking about spamming anyone? You are completely missing my point. The goal is not to help Elon navigate the terrain. I know he can do that. The point is to humbly ask for his advice as to what we could be doing given his track record of good ideas in the past.
Do not spam high-status people, and do not communicate with high-status people in a transparent attempt to affiliate with them and claim some of their status for yourself.
No… I am interested in not dying. How you could read that out of my comment, especially when I suggested Eliezer do the contacting I have no idea.
Anyway, by the upvotes to your comment and Halfwitz’s comment it is clear that my values don’t align with those of LW’s so I guess I will be on my way…
There is a Google+ profile and a @elonmusk Twitter account.
Nice, thanks. I’m willing to do it (I’ve actually never used G+ or Twitter before...). I would think though if there is a LW user who Musk might have actually heard of, say through the Superintelligence book, then that would be more likely to get a response. In other words, I think if Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote to Elon, that could be a good thing.
Do not spam high-status people. That’s a recipe for an ugh field. I’m pretty confident that Elon Musk is capable of navigating this terrain, including finding a competent guide if needed. He’s obviously read extensively on the topic, something that’s not possible to do without discovering MIRI and its proponents.
Who is talking about spamming anyone? You are completely missing my point. The goal is not to help Elon navigate the terrain. I know he can do that. The point is to humbly ask for his advice as to what we could be doing given his track record of good ideas in the past.
Do not spam high-status people, and do not communicate with high-status people in a transparent attempt to affiliate with them and claim some of their status for yourself.
No… I am interested in not dying. How you could read that out of my comment, especially when I suggested Eliezer do the contacting I have no idea.
Anyway, by the upvotes to your comment and Halfwitz’s comment it is clear that my values don’t align with those of LW’s so I guess I will be on my way…
Musk has joined the advisory board of FLI and CSER, which are younger sibling orgs of FHI and MIRI. He’s aware of the AI xrisk community.