Action item: comment on a recent LessWrong or Alignment Forum post on AI safety or write a blog post on AI safety.
This is not generically a good idea. We don’t need a bunch of comments on lesswrong posts from new users. It’s fine, if there’s a specific reason for it (obviously I endorse commenting on lesswrong posts in some cases).
While we don’t want low quality comments, comments can provide helpful feedback to the author and clarify the reader’s thinking. Because of these benefits, I believe commenting should be encouraged.
The upvoting and downvoting mechanisms helps filter out low-quality comments so I don’t think there’s a significant risk of them overwhelming the discussion.
This is not generically a good idea. We don’t need a bunch of comments on lesswrong posts from new users. It’s fine, if there’s a specific reason for it (obviously I endorse commenting on lesswrong posts in some cases).
Thank you for bringing up this issue.
While we don’t want low quality comments, comments can provide helpful feedback to the author and clarify the reader’s thinking. Because of these benefits, I believe commenting should be encouraged.
The upvoting and downvoting mechanisms helps filter out low-quality comments so I don’t think there’s a significant risk of them overwhelming the discussion.