xamdam comments on Should I believe what the SIAI claims? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 August 2010 07:45:20PM *  11 points [-]

All right, I'll note that my perceptual system misclassified you completely and consider that concrete reason to doubt it from now on.

Sorry.

If you are writing a post like that one it is really important to tell me that you are an SIAI donor. It gets a lot more consideration if I know that I'm dealing with "the sort of thing said by someone who actually helps" and not "the sort of thing said by someone who wants an excuse to stay on the sidelines, and who will just find another excuse after you reply to them", which is how my perceptual system classified that post.

The Summit is coming up and I've got lots of stuff to do right at this minute, but I'll top-comment my very quick attempt at pointing to information sources for replies.

Comment author: xamdam 13 August 2010 07:52:21PM *  9 points [-]

It was actually in the post

What I mean to say by using that idiom is that I cannot expect, given my current knowledge, to get the promised utility payoff that would justify to make the SIAI a prime priority. That is, I'm donating to the SIAI but also spend considerable amounts of resources maximizing utility at present.

So you might suggest to your perceptual system to read the post first (at least before issuing a strong reply).