MichaelGR comments on A Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer (Step 1: The Proposition) - Less Wrong

16 Post author: MichaelGR 29 October 2009 03:04PM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 29 October 2009 04:01:03PM 10 points [-]

I much prefer text to speech, because it's faster and allows random access. For that reason I've hardly ever watched bloggingheads, and I doubt I'd watch the proposed video. Also, this proposition isn't for a real time dialog, but spoken answers to written questions supplied in advance.

Has Eliezer done TED yet? I'd watch that.

Comment author: MichaelGR 30 October 2009 02:46:36AM *  2 points [-]

Has Eliezer done TED yet? I'd watch that.

I'm not sure how TED works. Do they have to invite you to speak? Can you submit your name?

Eliezer, have you ever been invited to TED? Have you considered trying to submit your name as a potential speaker?

I'm not sure if the TED format would make for something very interesting for LW readers, though. It's 18 minutes max (iirc), so Eliezer would probably only have time for an introduction to a few concepts. I'd much prefer a longer Q&A like the one I suggested above.