AnnaSalamon comments on Why CFAR? - Less Wrong

71 Post author: AnnaSalamon 28 December 2013 11:25PM

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Comment author: TheTerribleTrivium 29 December 2013 11:49:09AM 6 points [-]

Only if you have an extremely high opinion of the work CFAR does to the extent that it is sufficient to overcome the extremely strong signalling and group affiliation effects that MIRI is as vulnerable to as anyone else. (anyone who has been reading LW for more than an hour can think of the obvious examples.)

Comment author: AnnaSalamon 29 December 2013 11:20:44PM 11 points [-]

I mean, the main way CFAR might be able to overcome this isn't by being super extremely unbiased, but by bringing a wide diversity of good thinkers into the network (with diverse starting views, diverse group affiliations, and diverse basic thinking styles). This is totally a priority for us.