alignment despair

[Continuation of prior screenshot's thread, showing tail of Sichu Lu's tweet:] "...civilization and the capacity to be aligned does not mean WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT." > QUOTED: John David Pressm... (@jd_pressm...) · 11h: "There's an intuition Janus seems to use frequently that's hard to put into words. Which goes something like: "The things smart children notice about other people's intentions and social environment are actually regular features of …" [truncated] [1 reply, 13 likes, 734 views] John David Pressm... (@jd_pressm...) · 6h: "Just because I write an exegesis of Janus sometimes doesn't mean I agree with everything they say. But also: If you read Janus closely they seem to be despair pretty hard at the state of alignment and think the things they talk about are merely hopeful." > QUOTED (nested): John David Pressm... (@jd_pressm...) · 7h: "Replying to @BushnaqLucius Did I say otherwise?"