John_Maxwell_IV comments on Help us name a short primer on AI risk! - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 20 September 2013 02:10:39AM 4 points [-]

But would this really be worthwhile, especially if people keep suggesting titles?

Stuart could wait until activity in the thread dies out.

If there's going to be a decent-sized push behind this book, I'd advocate doing market research.

Comment author: gwern 20 September 2013 03:29:44PM 2 points [-]

Stuart could wait until activity in the thread dies out.

That resolves the second question, but not the big original one: if someone were to do an AdWords campaign as I've suggested, would Luke or the person in charge actually change the name of the book based on the results? What's the VoI here?

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 21 September 2013 08:12:38AM 1 point [-]

would Luke or the person in charge actually change the name of the book based on the results?

I'd be surprised if they didn't read the results if you sent them, and I'd also be surprised if they didn't do Bayesian updates about the optimal book title based on the results. But you could always contact them.