I guess Tyler, Will, etc are approaching governance from a general, and highly idealised perspective, in discussing hypothetical institutions.
In contrast, folks like GovAI are approaching things from a more targeted, and only moderately idealised perspective. I expect a bunch of their questions will relate to how to bring existing institutions to bear on mitigating AI risks. Do your questions also differ from theirs?
The question of how best to represent the interests of future persons is a good core question. My problem is more with their method of answering it. There’s a great tradition of political philosophers thinking “what would be the ideal institution according to X moral philosophy” and then designing an institution backward from that. I consider this approach both crowded and low-leverage (John and McAskill are more in a middle position).
The alternative is to look at how institutions work in practice then judge them against different ethical objectives, which is a bit more neglected. I also think the second approach is more effective. So writing at the same questions as John and McAskill could have good added value.
If I have time I will take a look at Gov AI
I guess Tyler, Will, etc are approaching governance from a general, and highly idealised perspective, in discussing hypothetical institutions.
In contrast, folks like GovAI are approaching things from a more targeted, and only moderately idealised perspective. I expect a bunch of their questions will relate to how to bring existing institutions to bear on mitigating AI risks. Do your questions also differ from theirs?
The question of how best to represent the interests of future persons is a good core question. My problem is more with their method of answering it. There’s a great tradition of political philosophers thinking “what would be the ideal institution according to X moral philosophy” and then designing an institution backward from that. I consider this approach both crowded and low-leverage (John and McAskill are more in a middle position). The alternative is to look at how institutions work in practice then judge them against different ethical objectives, which is a bit more neglected. I also think the second approach is more effective. So writing at the same questions as John and McAskill could have good added value. If I have time I will take a look at Gov AI