The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is facing an internal crisis as staff members and scientists have threatened to resign over the anticipated appointment of Paul Christiano to a crucial, though non-political, position at the agency’s newly-formed US AI Safety Institute (AISI), according to at least two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, who asked to remain anonymous.
I don’t know, threatening to resign is a pretty concrete thing and I don’t find “revolt” such an exaggeration. You can doubt the sources and wish for more concrete evidence (a letter?), but I’d still put >50% that it’s broadly correct
EDIT: okay there’s a clear ambiguity about how many people are threatening to resign, in a way that if it’s only 1 or 2, it’s clearly misleading.
I don’t know, threatening to resign is a pretty concrete thing and I don’t find “revolt” such an exaggeration. You can doubt the sources and wish for more concrete evidence (a letter?), but I’d still put >50% that it’s broadly correct
EDIT: okay there’s a clear ambiguity about how many people are threatening to resign, in a way that if it’s only 1 or 2, it’s clearly misleading.