anonym comments on With whom shall I diavlog? - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 June 2009 03:20AM

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Comment author: anonym 03 June 2009 04:02:22AM 18 points [-]

Robin Hanson, on the meta-topic of different approaches to answering the question, "what is the most likely route to greater-than-human intelligence, and how likely is it, and when?".

Comment author: aluchko 04 June 2009 09:26:04PM 8 points [-]

I disagree. I think the real benefit in something like this is to is hear a discussion with a community outsider. A discussion between Elizer and Robin would be interesting but wouldn't offer anything substantially different than existing LW/OB content.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 03 June 2009 10:01:10AM 2 points [-]

Said question is essentially the topic of their disagreement on OB late last year, is it not? I recall that discussion reaching no satisfactory conclusion. My impression from that was of a great deal of talking past one another, not so much a matter of of approach to the question as subtly differing implicit assumptions.

Would the meta-topic be likely to shed more light on the subject, or would it result in the same stalemate?

I suspect there are more interesting and fruitful topics that the two could discuss.

Comment author: RobinHanson 03 June 2009 11:38:27AM 10 points [-]

I think i might go well - at least it would seem to wrap things up in a personable way. And it is harder to talk past one another in person - the other person can interrupt.

Comment author: anonym 05 June 2009 02:42:49AM 1 point [-]

It is much easier to talk past each other and generally avoid the central points of disagreement when communication is written rather than oral and in essay style rather than conversational style.