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Good question, I would also like to know the answer to this, as well as to the following: which parts of the article do "we" believe are inaccurate ?
As noted elsewhere, the article is generally accurate and Eliezer conceded "hatchet job" wasn't really the right word. But "we" includes most of the people featured in the article, many of whom did not know there was a reporter at a party.
Yes, that's a good point. Recording people without their knowledge, and then publishing the article without their consent, is clearly unethical. That said, though, once the cat is out of the bag, attempting to cram it back in is futile.
I've said it before: what the SIAI needs are some real, tangible accomplishments. Then, Eliezer could just say, "Yeah, our cuddle puddles are sensational and all, but guess what ? You know about that cancer vaccine that got FDA-approved last week ? We wrote the software that built it. How do you like dem apples ?"
That was a bit of a hyperbole, of course, but hopefully the idea is clear.
I think SI needs to work on real tangible accomplishments to be able to fitful it's stated mission at all, given it's reliance on self education and importance of calibration to self-education.