While the central thesis to expand one’s moral circles can be well-enjoyed by the community, this post is not selling it well. This is exemplified by the “One might be biased towards AIA if…” section, which makes assumptions about individuals who focus on AI alignment. Further, while the post includes a section on cooperation, it discourages it. [Edit: Prima facie,] the post does not invite critical discussion. Thus, I would not recommend this post to any readers interested in moral circles expansion, AI alignment, or cooperation. Thus, I would recommend this post to readers interested in moral circles expansion, AI alignment, and cooperation, as long as they are interested in a vibrant discourse.
Do you think there’s a better way to discuss biases that might push people to one cause or another? Or that we shouldn’t talk about such potential biases at all?
What do you mean by this post discouraging cooperation?
What do you expect an invitation for critical discussion to look like? I usually take that to be basically implicit when something is posted to the EA Forum, unless the author states otherwise.
Hm, 1) how do you define a bias? What is your reference for evaluation whether something is biased? The objective should be to make the best decisions with available information at any given time while supporting innovation and keeping ‘openminded.’ This ‘bias’ assessment should be conducted to identify harmful actions that individuals deem positive due to their biases and inform overall prioritization decisionmaking rather than seeking to change one’s perspectives on causes they prefer. This can contribute to systemic change and optimal specialization development by individuals. This is a better way to approach biases.
The section on cooperation discourages collaboration because it understands cooperation as asserting one’s perspectives where these are not welcome rather than advancing ventures. The part also states: “insofar as MCE is uncooperative, I think a large number of other EA interventions, including AIA, are similarly uncooperative.” These author’s assumptions, if not critically examined against evidence, can discourage persons who could be seeking encouragement to cooperate with others in this article from doing so, because one may wish to avoid sharing perspectives where they are not welcome.
An invitation for critical discussion can include an argument for the writing’s relevance to the development of answers to open-ended questions. But I can agree with your point that this can be superfluous, so would add (added) prima facie and edited the conclusion.
While the central thesis to expand one’s moral circles can be well-enjoyed by the community, this post is not selling it well. This is exemplified by the “One might be biased towards AIA if…” section, which makes assumptions about individuals who focus on AI alignment. Further, while the post includes a section on cooperation, it discourages it. [Edit: Prima facie,] the post does not invite critical discussion. Thus,
I would not recommend this post to any readers interested in moral circles expansion, AI alignment, or cooperation.Thus, I would recommend this post to readers interested in moral circles expansion, AI alignment, and cooperation, as long as they are interested in a vibrant discourse.Do you think there’s a better way to discuss biases that might push people to one cause or another? Or that we shouldn’t talk about such potential biases at all?
What do you mean by this post discouraging cooperation?
What do you expect an invitation for critical discussion to look like? I usually take that to be basically implicit when something is posted to the EA Forum, unless the author states otherwise.
Hm, 1) how do you define a bias? What is your reference for evaluation whether something is biased? The objective should be to make the best decisions with available information at any given time while supporting innovation and keeping ‘openminded.’ This ‘bias’ assessment should be conducted to identify harmful actions that individuals deem positive due to their biases and inform overall prioritization decisionmaking rather than seeking to change one’s perspectives on causes they prefer. This can contribute to systemic change and optimal specialization development by individuals. This is a better way to approach biases.
The section on cooperation discourages collaboration because it understands cooperation as asserting one’s perspectives where these are not welcome rather than advancing ventures. The part also states: “insofar as MCE is uncooperative, I think a large number of other EA interventions, including AIA, are similarly uncooperative.” These author’s assumptions, if not critically examined against evidence, can discourage persons who could be seeking encouragement to cooperate with others in this article from doing so, because one may wish to avoid sharing perspectives where they are not welcome.
An invitation for critical discussion can include an argument for the writing’s relevance to the development of answers to open-ended questions. But I can agree with your point that this can be superfluous, so would add (added) prima facie and edited the conclusion.