komponisto comments on [POLL] Slutwalk - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: magfrump 08 May 2011 07:00AM

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Comment author: komponisto 08 May 2011 03:11:37PM 2 points [-]

The categorization seems very weird. The word clusters basically sound like you'd be describing the same group in an out-group context, but would either want to frame them in a generally positive and inoffensive or a somewhat suspicious light.

Here's what these word-clusters suggest to me:

  • Liberal/Secular/Scientific: age 30-60, works at a university, thinks global warming is a more urgent problem than UFAI.

  • Libertarian/Atheist/Technophile: age 15-30, works as a programmer/reads Less Wrong from parents' basement, thinks UFAI is more urgent than global warming.

...in other words, basically a status classification.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 May 2011 04:26:49PM *  6 points [-]

I'm guessing magfrump is basing his distinction on this comment by Will Newsome.

Comment author: magfrump 08 May 2011 05:56:16PM 0 points [-]

I was.

Comment author: Emile 08 May 2011 04:08:16PM 4 points [-]

Interesting, those weren't the clusters that came to my mind, which suggests that they're not a great match to the community.

Comment author: komponisto 08 May 2011 08:15:52PM 0 points [-]

Indeed; I don't fit into either of them myself.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 May 2011 03:17:04PM 1 point [-]

...in other words, basically a status classification.

The bit about UFAI vs global warming is rather significant beyond status.

Comment author: komponisto 08 May 2011 03:35:23PM 1 point [-]

Yes; it would be very nice if the status of beliefs were perfectly correlated with their accuracy.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 08 May 2011 04:41:25PM 0 points [-]

Interesting. I would think that technophile would if anything be people who aren't worried about UFAI.

Comment author: komponisto 08 May 2011 08:09:10PM 0 points [-]

In this context the point is more that they consider near-term AGI to be plausible.