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One of the things that's always thrown me off about the LessWrong community (I assume this article is adjacent to it because of the mention of Yudkowsky and the
by bnralt 6y ago
One of the things that's always thrown me off about the LessWrong community (I assume this article is adjacent to it because of the mention of Yudkowsky and the "I too have cognitive biases" confession) is that members supposedly strive to be aware of their own biases, but often seem extremely hostile to people with differing opinions. For instance, the reaction this article to the author's friends disinterest isn't for the author to question their own beliefs, but to complain about their friends not seeing the truth.
I'm often left with the impression that discussion of biases for many ironically becomes a way to reinforce biases. I've even seen people argue as much - "I'm aware of my biases, and you're not, which is why I'm correct, and you're wrong."
- loopz 6y agoThe first link details how it's easy to fall into the trap of preaching the gospel to others and even making them feel bad about themselves: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6NvbSwuSAooQxxf7f/beware-of-other-optimizing https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6NvbSwuSAooQxxf7f/beware-of-... I think maybe you conflate complaining with hostility. Humans, even rational ones, complain when things go counter to their expectations. It's normal human behaviour, and everyone, everyone does it. It's so universal and basic, an AI would probably not be complete without it.