> FYI: The author has predicted that "AGI" will be here in 1-2 years and has staked his public reputation on it. He is personally invested in trendlines being lindy rather than sigmoid.

I mean, that's called "having an opinion".

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paulpauper an hour ago | parent [-]

He wrote articles arguing that pro-AI people are dismissive of risks or even suggesting they are intellectually lazy. He's taken a side. if he's wrong I would hope he owns up to it

	▲	Sniffnoy 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> He's taken a side. Yes, that's called "having an opinion". Typically people writing argumentative pieces are doing so because they have a belief about the matter. I'm not sure what exactly you expect here. > if he's wrong I would hope he owns up to it I think Scott Alexander is pretty good about that.