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ciphergoth comments on Holden Karnofsky's Singularity Institute Objection 2 - Less Wrong
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So what? He may be an amateur, but he is very clearly a highly intelligent person who has worked hard to understand SI's position. SI is correct to acknowledge as a flaw that no part of their published writings addresses what he is saying for a nonspecialist like him.
Holden should update here, IMO. One of the lessons is probably to not criticise others reagrding complex technical topics when you don't really understand them. Holden's case doesn't really benefit from technical overstatements, IMO - especially muddled ones.
Even assuming that you are right, SI should write more clearly, to make it for people like Holden easier to update.
If you try to communicate an idea, and even intelligent and curious people get it wrong, something is wrong with the message.
String theory seems to be a counter example. That's relevant since machine intelligence is a difficult topic.