While most of that list seems accurate, one should note that torture v. dust specks is a variant of a standard issue with utilitarianism that would be discussed in a lot of intro level philosophy classes.
What do they discuss in outro level classes?
I mean I've tried to get into contemporary, post-Marcuse philosophy, but unnecessary jargon, Sequences-like recursiveness without the benefit of hypertexts or even an index, and the incredible amount of repetitive, pointless bickering ended up exhausting my patience.
In the light of what we've seen in this article, would it be fair to tall Yudkowsky a Philosopher, or is that seen as a badge of dishonour in the productive-work-centric anglo-saxon world? In France at least it's seen as Badass and legendarily awesome, and a very legitimate profession, same as Écrivain (writer).
Basically this: "Eliezer Yudkowsky writes and pretends he's an AI researcher but probably hasn't written so much as an Eliza bot."
While the Eliezer S. Yudkowsky site has lots of divulgation articles and his work on rationality is of indisputable value, I find myself at a loss when I want to respond to this. Which frustrates me very much.
So, to avoid this sort of situation in the future, I have to ask: What did the man, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, actually accomplish in his own field?
Please don't downvote the hell out of me, I'm just trying to create a future reference for this sort of annoyance.