Not sure I agree with the “TL” part haha, but this is a pretty good summary. However, I’d also add that there’s no consensus among people who study general intelligence across species that neuron counts correlate with intelligence (I guess this would go between 1d and 2) and also that I think the idea that more neurons are active during welfare-relevant experiences is a separate but related point to the idea that more brain volume is correlated with welfare-relevant experiences.
Not sure I agree with the “TL” part haha, but this is a pretty good summary. However, I’d also add that there’s no consensus among people who study general intelligence across species that neuron counts correlate with intelligence (I guess this would go between 1d and 2) and also that I think the idea that more neurons are active during welfare-relevant experiences is a separate but related point to the idea that more brain volume is correlated with welfare-relevant experiences.
I’d also note that your TL/DR is a summary of the summary, but there are some additional arguments in the report that aren’t included in the summary. For example, here’s a more general argument against using neuron counts in the longer report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p50vw84-ry2taYmyOIl4B91j7wkCurlB/edit#bookmark=id.3mp7v7dyd88i
Thanks for feedback.
Well, yeah. Maybe. It’s also about making the structure more legible.
Anything specific I should look at?
My link above was to a bookmark in the report, which includes an additional argument.