My impression is that the coverage of EA has been more negative than you suggest, even though I don’t have hard data either. It could be useful to look into.
The NYT article isn’t an opinion piece but a news article, and I guess that it’s a bit less clear how to classify them. Potentially one should distinguish between news articles and opinion pieces. But in any event, I think that if someone who didn’t know about EA before reads the NYT article, they’re more likely to form a negative than a positive opinion.
Hmm, I suspect that anyone who had the potential to be bumped over the threshold for interest in EA, would be likely to view the EA Wikipedia article positively despite clicking through to it via SBF. Though I suspect there are a small number of people with the potential to be bumped over that threshold. I have around 10% probability on that the negative news has been positive for the movement, primarily because it gained exposure. Unlikely, but not beyond the realm of possibility. Oo
My impression is that the coverage of EA has been more negative than you suggest, even though I don’t have hard data either. It could be useful to look into.
Hmm I’m probably not gonna read them all but from what I can see here I’d guess:
Negative
Seems kinda mixed—neutral?
Negative
Sympathetic but less sure on this one
Neutral/sympathetic
The NYT article isn’t an opinion piece but a news article, and I guess that it’s a bit less clear how to classify them. Potentially one should distinguish between news articles and opinion pieces. But in any event, I think that if someone who didn’t know about EA before reads the NYT article, they’re more likely to form a negative than a positive opinion.
Hmm, I suspect that anyone who had the potential to be bumped over the threshold for interest in EA, would be likely to view the EA Wikipedia article positively despite clicking through to it via SBF. Though I suspect there are a small number of people with the potential to be bumped over that threshold. I have around 10% probability on that the negative news has been positive for the movement, primarily because it gained exposure. Unlikely, but not beyond the realm of possibility. Oo