jsteinhardt comments on Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jsteinhardt 13 January 2014 08:14:28AM 5 points [-]

Great article, I hadn't heard this argument before but I think it's a good point. I'll also mention that I think the Ideological Turing Test does a good job of combating some of your worries here, although of course has its own dangers.