Re:Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto Win 2024 Turing Award
by h8hawk on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @04:00PM
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By "view that humanity," do you mean alignment with the effective altruism cult?
Repressive laws on open AI/models—giving elites total control in the name of safety?
And this alternative perspective from the cult should disqualify someone from a Turing Award despite their achievements?
Re:Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto Win 2024 Turing Award
by kalkin on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @06:25PM
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No, a "view that humanity ought to be replaced" is Sutton's, not an EA view. I'm not quite sure how you read that otherwise, except that you seem very angry. I sure hope our alternatives are better than human extinction or total control by elites...
I don't think it's a question of whether their achievements are nullified, but as you mention, how to weight the opinions of various people. Personally, I think both a Turing award for technical achievement and a view that humanity ought to be replaced are relevant in evaluating someone's opinions on AI policy, and we shouldn't forget the latter because of the former.
(Also, this isn't about Sutton's personal life - that's a pretty bad strawman.)