Can we have some people doing AI Safety podcast/news interviews as well as Yud?
I am concerned that he’s gonna end up being the figurehead here. I assume someone is thinking of this, but I’m posting here to ensure that it is said. I am pretty sure that people are working on this, but I think it’s good to say this anyway.
We aren’t a community who says “I guess he deserves it” we say “who is the best person for the job?”. Yudkowsky, while he is an expert isn’t a median voice. His estimates of P(doom) are on the far tail of EA experts here. So if I could pick 1 person I wouldn’t pick him and frankly I wouldn’t pick just one person.
Some other voices I’d like to see on podcasts/ interviews:
Toby Ord
Paul Christiano
Ajeya Cotra
Amanda Askell
Will MacAskill
Joe Carlsmith*
Katja Grace*
Matthew Barnett*
Buck Schlegeris
Luke Meulhauser
Again, I’m not saying noone has thought of this (80%) they have. But I’d like to be 97% sure, so I’m flagging it.
I am a bit confused by your inclusion of Will MacAskill. Will has been on a lot of podcasts, while for Eliezer I only remember 2. But your text sounds a bit like you worry that Eliezer will be too much on podcasts and MacAskill too little (I don’t want to stop MacAskill from going on podcasts btw. I agree that having multiple people present different perspectives on AGI safety seems like a good thing).
I don’t think you should be optimizing to avoid extreme views, but in favor of those with the most robust models, who can also communicate them effectively to the desired audience. I agree that if we’re going to be trying anything resembling public outreach it’d be good to have multiple voices for a variety of reasons.
On the first half of the criteria I’d feel good about Paul, Buck, and Luke. On the second half I think Luke’s blog is a point of evidence in favor. I haven’t read Paul’s blog, and I don’t think that LessWrong comments are sufficiently representative for me to have a strong opinion on either Paul or Buck.
Can we have some people doing AI Safety podcast/news interviews as well as Yud?
I am concerned that he’s gonna end up being the figurehead here. I assume someone is thinking of this, but I’m posting here to ensure that it is said. I am pretty sure that people are working on this, but I think it’s good to say this anyway.
We aren’t a community who says “I guess he deserves it” we say “who is the best person for the job?”. Yudkowsky, while he is an expert isn’t a median voice. His estimates of P(doom) are on the far tail of EA experts here. So if I could pick 1 person I wouldn’t pick him and frankly I wouldn’t pick just one person.
Some other voices I’d like to see on podcasts/ interviews:
Toby Ord
Paul Christiano
Ajeya Cotra
Amanda Askell
Will MacAskill
Joe Carlsmith*
Katja Grace*
Matthew Barnett*
Buck Schlegeris
Luke Meulhauser
Again, I’m not saying noone has thought of this (80%) they have. But I’d like to be 97% sure, so I’m flagging it.
*I am personally fond of this person so am biased
I am a bit confused by your inclusion of Will MacAskill. Will has been on a lot of podcasts, while for Eliezer I only remember 2. But your text sounds a bit like you worry that Eliezer will be too much on podcasts and MacAskill too little (I don’t want to stop MacAskill from going on podcasts btw. I agree that having multiple people present different perspectives on AGI safety seems like a good thing).
I think in the current discourse I’d like to see more of Will, who is a blanaced and clear communicator.
I don’t think you should be optimizing to avoid extreme views, but in favor of those with the most robust models, who can also communicate them effectively to the desired audience. I agree that if we’re going to be trying anything resembling public outreach it’d be good to have multiple voices for a variety of reasons.
On the first half of the criteria I’d feel good about Paul, Buck, and Luke. On the second half I think Luke’s blog is a point of evidence in favor. I haven’t read Paul’s blog, and I don’t think that LessWrong comments are sufficiently representative for me to have a strong opinion on either Paul or Buck.