Reformative Hypocrisy, and Paying Close Enough Attention to Selectively Reward It. — LessWrong

People often attack frontier AI labs for "hypocrisy" when the labs admit publicly that AI is an extinction threat to humanity.  Often these attacks i…

x Reformative Hypocrisy, and Paying Close Enough Attention to Selectively Reward It. — LessWrong AI Frontpage 53 Reformative Hypocrisy, and Paying Close Enough Attention to Selectively Reward It. by Andrew_Critch 11th Sep 2024 3 min read 13 53 People often attack frontier AI labs for "hypocrisy" when the labs admit publicly that AI is an extinction threat to humanity. Often these attacks ignore the difference between various kinds of hypocrisy, some of which are good, including what I'll call "reformative hypocrisy". Attacking good kinds of hypocrisy can be actively harmful for humanity's abil

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