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RichardKennaway comments on LW's image problem: "Rationality" is suspicious - Less Wrong
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As far as I'm concerned, rationality is what LessWrong is about, and the tagline says exactly that. I'm not interested in reading a Singularity/AI/transhumanism forum, and those exist elsewhere for those who are. I assume that the SIAI and FHI logos have to be there to acknowledge the funding, but if it wasn't for that, I'd rather see them removed.
OTOH, it does in fact have a singularitarian agenda: to create or attract people sufficiently rational to do real work on FAI.
Surely better to declare your affiliations and sponsors - rather than hide them - no?
That's what I was saying. LW gets their money, they get a place in the masthead. I don't have a problem with that. In fact, I'm surprised not to see an explicit acknowledgement of the sponsorship anywhere.
ETA: The foot of the ABOUT page briefly mentions that LW is "associated with" these organisations and that the founder, EY, works at the SI.
I for one have no idea what the terms of the deals with the overlords are.
IIRC, The guys at Tricycle wanted to donate to SIAI, but realised/were told that they could more usefully donate their skills by making/maintaining LW.
Tricycle? Surely they are more "engineers" than "overlords".
And Stalin was just a secretary. ;)