Relatedly, @MichaelDickens shallow-reviewed Horizon just under a year ago—see here.[1] Tl;dr: Michael finds that Horizon’s work isn’t very relevant to x-risk reduction; Michael believes Horizon is net-negative for the world (credence: 55%).
(On the other hand, it was Eth, Perez and Greenblatt—i.e., people whose judgement I respect—who recommended donating to Horizon in that post Mikhail originally commented on. So, I overall feel unsure about what to think.)
I’ve seen a number of people I respect recommend Horizon, but I’ve never seen any of them articulate a compelling reason why they like it. For example in that comment you linked in the footnote, I found the response pretty unpersuasive (which is what I said in my follow-up comment, which got no reply). Absence of evidence is evidence of absence, but I have to weigh that against the fact that so many people seem to like Horizon.
A couple weeks ago I tried reaching out to Horizon to see if they could clear things up, but they haven’t responded. Although even if they did respond, I made it apparent that the answer I’m looking for is “yes Horizon is x-risk-pilled”, and I’m sure they could give that answer even if it’s not true.
Relatedly, @MichaelDickens shallow-reviewed Horizon just under a year ago—see here.[1] Tl;dr: Michael finds that Horizon’s work isn’t very relevant to x-risk reduction; Michael believes Horizon is net-negative for the world (credence: 55%).
(On the other hand, it was Eth, Perez and Greenblatt—i.e., people whose judgement I respect—who recommended donating to Horizon in that post Mikhail originally commented on. So, I overall feel unsure about what to think.)
See also ensuing discussion here.
I’ve seen a number of people I respect recommend Horizon, but I’ve never seen any of them articulate a compelling reason why they like it. For example in that comment you linked in the footnote, I found the response pretty unpersuasive (which is what I said in my follow-up comment, which got no reply). Absence of evidence is evidence of absence, but I have to weigh that against the fact that so many people seem to like Horizon.
A couple weeks ago I tried reaching out to Horizon to see if they could clear things up, but they haven’t responded. Although even if they did respond, I made it apparent that the answer I’m looking for is “yes Horizon is x-risk-pilled”, and I’m sure they could give that answer even if it’s not true.