private_messaging comments on Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI) - Less Wrong

256 Post author: HoldenKarnofsky 11 May 2012 04:31AM

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Comment author: private_messaging 11 May 2012 07:13:02AM *  0 points [-]

It's the correct signals. The incompetents inherently signal incompetence, the competence can't be faked beyond superficial level (and faking competence is all about signalling that you are sure you are competent). The lack of feedback is inherent in the assumption behind 'we are sending wrong signal' rather than 'maybe, we really are incompetent'.