Hm, I think there are lots of examples. First to come to mind is a recent reply to Eliezer by Holden, of which I think a severe criticism was respectfully described like this:
Something like half of this post is blockquotes. I’ve often been surprised by the degree to which people (including people I respect a lot, such as Eliezer in this case) seem to mischaracterize specific pieces they critique , and I try to avoid this for myself by quoting extensively from a piece when critiquing it.
And lines like this:
“Most of Eliezer’s critique seems directed at assumptions the report explicitly does not make about how transformative AI will be developed, and more broadly, about the connection between its (the report’s) compute estimates and all-things-considered AI timelines.”
This appears to be mostly, if not entirely, concerned with the substantive content of a post, not the style or manner of writing. Style criticisms are a lot trickier and I’m not sure if it’s possible to avoid hurt feelings one way or another.
Hm, I think there are lots of examples. First to come to mind is a recent reply to Eliezer by Holden, of which I think a severe criticism was respectfully described like this:
And lines like this:
This appears to be mostly, if not entirely, concerned with the substantive content of a post, not the style or manner of writing. Style criticisms are a lot trickier and I’m not sure if it’s possible to avoid hurt feelings one way or another.
Fair point.