I think this is especially true for AI safety. Sometimes people will cite prominent computer scientists’ lack of concern for AI safety as evidence it is an unfounded concern. However, computer scientists seem to typically answer questions on AI progress moreso than AI safety, and these questions seem pretty categorically different, so I’m hesitant to give serious weight to their opinions on this topic. Not to mention the biases we can expect from AI researchers on this topic, e.g. from their incentives to be optimistic about their own field.
I think this is especially true for AI safety. Sometimes people will cite prominent computer scientists’ lack of concern for AI safety as evidence it is an unfounded concern. However, computer scientists seem to typically answer questions on AI progress moreso than AI safety, and these questions seem pretty categorically different, so I’m hesitant to give serious weight to their opinions on this topic. Not to mention the biases we can expect from AI researchers on this topic, e.g. from their incentives to be optimistic about their own field.