CarlShulman comments on A cynical explanation for why rationalists worry about FAI - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CarlShulman 15 September 2012 03:04:30AM *  1 point [-]

And here's one more (judging by content, style, and similar linguistic issues): Shrink. Also posting in the same discussions as private_messaging.

Comment author: gwern 15 September 2012 03:20:03AM 0 points [-]

It certainly does sound like him, although I didn't notice any of his most obvious tells like ghmm or obsession with complexity of updating Bayesian networks.

Comment author: CarlShulman 15 September 2012 04:08:09AM 1 point [-]

"For the risk estimate per se" "The rationality and intelligence are not precisely same thing." "To clarify, the justice is not about the beliefs held by the person." "The honesty is elusive matter, "

Characteristic misuse of "the."

"You can choose any place better than average - physicsforums, gamedev.net, stackexchange, arstechnica observatory,"

Favorite forums from other accounts.

Comment author: gwern 15 September 2012 04:19:25AM 1 point [-]

Ah yes, I forgot Dymtry had tried discussing LW on the Ars forums (and claiming we endorsed terrorism, etc. He got shut down pretty well by the other users.) Yeah, how likely is it that they would both like Ars forums...

Comment author: wedrifid 15 September 2012 04:43:59AM 0 points [-]

It certainly does sound like him, although I didn't notice any of his most obvious tells like ghmm or obsession with complexity of updating Bayesian networks.

He did open by criticising many worlds and in subsequent posts had an anti LW and SIAI chip on his shoulder that couldn't plausibly have been developed in the time from the account had existed.

Comment author: wedrifid 15 September 2012 03:19:08AM 0 points [-]

Well spotted. I hadn't even noticed the Shrink account existing, much less identified it by the content. Looking at the comment history I agree it seems overwhelmingly likely.