My view is that it’s worth it, because there is a danger of people just jumping into jobs that have “AI” or even “AI security/safety” in the name, without grappling with tough questions around what it actually means to help AGI go well or prioritising between options based on expected impact.
I appreciate the dilemma and don’t want to imply this is an easy call.
For me the central question is all of this is whether you foreground process (EA) or conclusion (AGI go well). It seems like the whole space is uniformly rushing to foreground the conclusion. It’s especially costly when 80k – the paragon of process discourse – decides to foreground the conclusion too. Who’s left as a source of wisdom foregrounding process?
I know you’e trying to do both. I guess you can call me pessimistic that even you (amazing Arden, my total fav) can pull it off.
I appreciate the dilemma and don’t want to imply this is an easy call.
For me the central question is all of this is whether you foreground process (EA) or conclusion (AGI go well). It seems like the whole space is uniformly rushing to foreground the conclusion. It’s especially costly when 80k – the paragon of process discourse – decides to foreground the conclusion too. Who’s left as a source of wisdom foregrounding process?
I know you’e trying to do both. I guess you can call me pessimistic that even you (amazing Arden, my total fav) can pull it off.