I think the source you mention is talking about people deceiving themselves
stomach-churning thing of all is that CFAR organized a summer camp for kids where, according to one person who was involved, things were even worse than at CFAR itself
Idk man I think this summary is a few shades more alarming than the post you are taking as evidence.
The Facebook comment by a CFAR co-founder that you quoted in that post says (emphasis added):
The actual drive in the background was a lot more like “Keep running workshops that wow people” with an additional (usually consciously (!) hidden) thread about luring people into being scared about AI risk in a very particular way and possibly recruiting them to MIRI-type projects.
The “usually consciously” is key.
In that post, you said you were “a bit freaked out” about an aspect of the kids’ summer camp that was run by CFAR. You also said that the dynamics at the summer camp were “at times a bit more dysfunctional than” CFAR. What’s the disconnect between what you wrote and my summary?
At times a bit more dysfunctional than CFAR sounds to me like you were saying the camp was worse than CFAR. If that’s not what you were trying to say, what were you trying to say?
I think the source you mention is talking about people deceiving themselves
Idk man I think this summary is a few shades more alarming than the post you are taking as evidence.
The Facebook comment by a CFAR co-founder that you quoted in that post says (emphasis added):
The “usually consciously” is key.
In that post, you said you were “a bit freaked out” about an aspect of the kids’ summer camp that was run by CFAR. You also said that the dynamics at the summer camp were “at times a bit more dysfunctional than” CFAR. What’s the disconnect between what you wrote and my summary?
At times a bit more dysfunctional than CFAR sounds to me like you were saying the camp was worse than CFAR. If that’s not what you were trying to say, what were you trying to say?