Motivation gaps: Why so much EA criticism is hostile and lazy — EA Forum
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Disclaimer: While I criticize several EA critics in this article, I am myself on the EA-skeptical side of things (especially on AI risk). …

includes considerable nonspecific shit-talking of assigned EA enemies, including - horrors! - Timnit Gebru talking about the social issues of the actually-existing AI-industrial complex. also it’s not a CASTLE it’s a MANOR HOUSE, you fools, you rubes,

  • jax@awful.systemsEnglish
    29·
    6 months ago

    gems from the comments:

    Academics and Journalists could interview an arbitrary EA forum user on a particular area if they wanted to get up to speed quickly. The fact they seem not to do this, in addition to not giving a right to reply, makes me think they’re not truth-seeking.

    Why don’t academics and journalists do their job properly and interview random forum members to inform their research?

    • David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMEnglish
      22·
      6 months ago

      why don’t people who think what we do is terrible and corrupt make us feel better about ourselves? this just shows their bad faith,