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peter_hurford comments on TED Prize Nomination - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: Eneasz 02 January 2014 04:47PM

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Comment author: peter_hurford 02 January 2014 07:23:49PM 5 points [-]

It's cool that you're doing this and it's awesome you've been able to recognize comparative advantage and see that maybe this work is better suited to other people. However, I'm concerned that the entire project might be a waste of time. Do we even know if Eliezer actually wants to give a TED talk? Would that be the best use of his time? I imagine this would be best coordinated from within MIRI, or MIRI giving us instructions on what to do.

I'd check with someone at MIRI first before proceeding on this.

Comment author: Ishaan 04 January 2014 07:55:37AM *  0 points [-]

Would that be the best use of his time?

In terms of sheer numbers of people viewing, I imagine even a very quickly prepared TED talk would do more for outreach than, say, HPMOR.