Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

46 Post author: lukeprog 10 July 2012 11:20PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 July 2012 12:56:21AM 26 points [-]

Yep. We knew that would happen at the time - it was explicitly discussed in the Board meeting - and we went ahead and reported it anyway, partly because we didn't want to have exposable secrets, partly because we felt honesty was due our donors, and partially because I'd looked up embezzlement-related stuff online and had found that a typical nonprofit-targeting embezzler goes through many nonprofits before being reported and prosecuted by a nonprofit "heroic" enough, if you'll pardon the expression, to take the embarrassment-hit in order to stop the embezzler.

Comment author: shminux 10 July 2012 01:39:44AM *  2 points [-]

I suspect that some of the hit was due to partial disclosure. Outsiders were left guessing what exactly had transpired and why, and what specific steps were taken to address the issue. Maybe you had to do it this way for legal reasons, but this was never spelled out explicitly.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 July 2012 07:32:35PM 2 points [-]

Pretty sure it was spelled out explicitly.