I agree, but with a caveat: EA should be willing to ditch any group that makes it a partisan issue, rather than a bipartisan consensus. Because I can easily see a version of this where it gets politicized, and AI safety starts to be viewed as a curse word similar to words like globalist, anti-racist, etc.
Tricky thing is, everything we can imagine tends to become a partisan, polarized issue, if it’s even slightly associated with any existing partisan, polarized positions, and if any political groups can gain any benefit from polarizing it.
I have trouble imagining a future in which AI and AI safety issues don’t become partisanized and polarized. The political incentives for doing so—in one direction or another—would just be too strong.
I agree, but with a caveat: EA should be willing to ditch any group that makes it a partisan issue, rather than a bipartisan consensus. Because I can easily see a version of this where it gets politicized, and AI safety starts to be viewed as a curse word similar to words like globalist, anti-racist, etc.
Tricky thing is, everything we can imagine tends to become a partisan, polarized issue, if it’s even slightly associated with any existing partisan, polarized positions, and if any political groups can gain any benefit from polarizing it.
I have trouble imagining a future in which AI and AI safety issues don’t become partisanized and polarized. The political incentives for doing so—in one direction or another—would just be too strong.