It would have made sense for there to be a bit more discussion about ethical side-constraints, but including transparency in the list of core principles would honestly be just weird because transparency isn’t distinctly EA. Beyond that, the importance of transparency is significantly complicated by the concept of infohazards in areas like biohazards or AI safety. I really don’t see it as CEA’s role to take a side in these debates. I think it makes sense for CEA to embrace transparency as a key organisational value, but it’s not a core principle of EA in general and we should accept that different orgs will occupy different positions on the spectrum.
I agree that absolute transparency is not ideal. That said, there is a version of transparency (i.e ‘reasoning transparency’) that is a somewhat distinct EA value.
I agree that absolute transparency is not ideal. That said, there is a version of transparency (i.e ‘reasoning transparency’) that is a somewhat distinct EA value.
That would make more sense.