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I completely agree, and as an ML researcher, having that opinion feels heretical. So many people are of a “do no harm” mindset that I worry it means “or I won’t

I completely agree, and as an ML researcher, having that opinion feels heretical. So many people are of a “do no harm” mindset that I worry it means “or I won’t work with you.” And I quite like working with various researchers. I mentioned it publicly once, and I’m bracing for the day that some established researcher quote tweets it and says “we do not need this kind of thinking in our community, and we have a duty to exclude it” or some such. I don’t care much though. You seem right, and that’s good enough for me.

elefanten 6y ago
We need researchers who will follow their moral instincts far more than we need researchers who care about conforming to the sociocultural norm. So, thank you. I guess I shouldn’t just say “researchers” —- it’s what we need in our citizens of humanity.
- mistrial9 6y ago
  you are directly contradicting the code of military command, prepare for social credit demotion! </snark>