Sophronius comments on In favour of terseness - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Sophronius 08 March 2014 06:01PM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 11 March 2014 01:35:52PM 1 point [-]

Is that intended to be a summary of what Eliezer wrote, or a summary of your own view? I don't recognise it as a summary of Eliezer's writing on the subject, which is much more than a single article. (Non-spoiler posts; spoiler posts.)Either way, there is nothing in that summary that would move me to update in any direction.

Comment author: Sophronius 11 March 2014 02:41:37PM 2 points [-]

Oops. That's what I get for basing a reply on memory alone. I have to say, 11 blog posts does seem kind of ridiculous for what Yudkowsky calls "the easiest 'hard' question". Not sure why I thought it was only one.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 17 March 2014 03:34:16PM 0 points [-]

He isn't a terse writer. And I'm not sure if you want terse expression or simplification of concepts themselves.