I think my general feeling on these is that it’s hard for me to tell if they actually reduced existential risk. Maybe this is just because I don’t understand the mechanisms for a global catastrophe from AI well enough. (e.g. because of this, linking to Neel’s longlist of theories for impact was helpful, so thank you for that!)
E.g. my impression is that some people with relevant knowledge seem to think that technical safety work currently can’t achieve very much.
(Hopefully this response isn’t too annoying—I could put in the work to understand the mechanisms for a global catastrophe from AI better, and maybe I will get round to this someday)
Thanks for these!
I think my general feeling on these is that it’s hard for me to tell if they actually reduced existential risk. Maybe this is just because I don’t understand the mechanisms for a global catastrophe from AI well enough. (e.g. because of this, linking to Neel’s longlist of theories for impact was helpful, so thank you for that!)
E.g. my impression is that some people with relevant knowledge seem to think that technical safety work currently can’t achieve very much.
(Hopefully this response isn’t too annoying—I could put in the work to understand the mechanisms for a global catastrophe from AI better, and maybe I will get round to this someday)