I come from the STEM perspective, but for me, if I see a publication that isn’t peer-reviewed, I immediately dismiss the claims in it. I’m disappointed that this paper has been shared so much lately, for example: http://www.alcor.org/Library/pdfs/Persistence.of.Long.Term.Memory.in.Vitrified.and.Revived.C.elegans.pd
There are so many bad non-peer-reviewed scientific papers that peer review is a really good heuristic for whether a paper can be taken seriously.
For years I dismissed Eliezer’s ideas as glib and crankish because of his writing style. I only began to take AI risks seriously when Bostrom wrote about them.
I come from the STEM perspective, but for me, if I see a publication that isn’t peer-reviewed, I immediately dismiss the claims in it. I’m disappointed that this paper has been shared so much lately, for example: http://www.alcor.org/Library/pdfs/Persistence.of.Long.Term.Memory.in.Vitrified.and.Revived.C.elegans.pd There are so many bad non-peer-reviewed scientific papers that peer review is a really good heuristic for whether a paper can be taken seriously.
My impression is that Eliezer’s style both helped him and hurt him. Some people loved it, but many people (including me and Luke Muelhauser) found it hard to read: http://lesswrong.com/lw/hzt/writing_style_and_the_typical_mind_fallacy/
For years I dismissed Eliezer’s ideas as glib and crankish because of his writing style. I only began to take AI risks seriously when Bostrom wrote about them.