It’s an example of an area that won’t necessarily attract resources / attention from commercial sources
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is part of the explanation, actually. Shifting the Overton window is a delicate art—imagine Leonardo DiCaprio shouting, “EVERYONE WILL DIE!! Also, THE METEOR COULD BE SENTIENT SO WE NEED TO LOOK AFTER IT.” Not a chance. We might get somewhere with just the first part though, at least for now.
Unfortunately I think another piece of the puzzle is that the LessWrong crowd are the ones leading the conversation and they seem to care a lot less about nonhumans than EAs tend to. (Not totally sure on this—would be interested to hear others’ impressions.)
Thanks for drawing more attention to this.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is part of the explanation, actually. Shifting the Overton window is a delicate art—imagine Leonardo DiCaprio shouting, “EVERYONE WILL DIE!! Also, THE METEOR COULD BE SENTIENT SO WE NEED TO LOOK AFTER IT.” Not a chance. We might get somewhere with just the first part though, at least for now.
Unfortunately I think another piece of the puzzle is that the LessWrong crowd are the ones leading the conversation and they seem to care a lot less about nonhumans than EAs tend to. (Not totally sure on this—would be interested to hear others’ impressions.)