This sounds like the debate strategy of trying to anticipate and address your opponent’s arguments before they do to get ahead of framing. It also reminds me of inventing fan theories about movies/shows/books to explain the plot, the effect is indeed powerful and stretches creative muscles.
General comment on interview: the way I took it Yudkowsky disclaimed steel manning because he does not want to be “interpreted charitably” rather he simply wants what he’s saying to be understood. Fridman-Yudkowsky interview transcript (there are some sentence cutoff errors).
This sounds like the debate strategy of trying to anticipate and address your opponent’s arguments before they do to get ahead of framing. It also reminds me of inventing fan theories about movies/shows/books to explain the plot, the effect is indeed powerful and stretches creative muscles.
General comment on interview: the way I took it Yudkowsky disclaimed steel manning because he does not want to be “interpreted charitably” rather he simply wants what he’s saying to be understood. Fridman-Yudkowsky interview transcript (there are some sentence cutoff errors).