My primary reaction to this was “ah man, I hope this person doesn’t inadvertently annoy important people about AI safety being important, hurting the reputation of AI safety/longtermism/EA etc”
:( As far as I know, no one from EA has annoyed (randomly emailed) Terry Tao about it, despite many people saying he would be a great person to have on board.
Obviously I’m not in favour of random EAs annoying important people (and hurting the reputation of EA/AI Alignment), but I do think given the urgency of the situation we are in, at some point, some high up people in EA/AI Alignment have to make some serious attempt at putting together such a dream team (more).
Yes, I think the fact that they didn’t go through with it is some evidence that such a list need not be counterproductive to our goal (and the EV is probably positive). Ultimately the Dream Team needs to be approached, but I’m optimistic that this can be done in a careful and coordinated manor by the relevant senior people in EA/Alignment.
My primary reaction to this was “ah man, I hope this person doesn’t inadvertently annoy important people about AI safety being important, hurting the reputation of AI safety/longtermism/EA etc”
:( As far as I know, no one from EA has annoyed (randomly emailed) Terry Tao about it, despite many people saying he would be a great person to have on board.
Obviously I’m not in favour of random EAs annoying important people (and hurting the reputation of EA/AI Alignment), but I do think given the urgency of the situation we are in, at some point, some high up people in EA/AI Alignment have to make some serious attempt at putting together such a dream team (more).
You are probably aware, but someone recently drafted an email and intended to send it, but was convinced not to send the email.
Yes, I think the fact that they didn’t go through with it is some evidence that such a list need not be counterproductive to our goal (and the EV is probably positive). Ultimately the Dream Team needs to be approached, but I’m optimistic that this can be done in a careful and coordinated manor by the relevant senior people in EA/Alignment.