I don’t think this is the greatest analogy, but I do agree that there are huge risks in imagination. I would say EAs failure (in my mind) through funding Open AI and betting the house on alignment research could almost be considered kind of “play pump-esque” examples. Good ideas coming from the best intentions, but without past evidence as a rock to stand on.
I don’t think this is the greatest analogy, but I do agree that there are huge risks in imagination. I would say EAs failure (in my mind) through funding Open AI and betting the house on alignment research could almost be considered kind of “play pump-esque” examples. Good ideas coming from the best intentions, but without past evidence as a rock to stand on.