Training takes probably 3 years to cycle up and maybe 3 years to happen. When did we start deciding to train people in AI Safety, vs when was there enough?
Seems plausible to me that the AI welfare discussion happens before we might currently be ready.
But again you’re suggesting a time-limited window in which the AI welfare discussion happens, and if we don’t intervene in that window it’ll be too late. I just don’t see a reason to expect that. I imagine that after the first AI welfare discussion, there will be others. While obviously it’s best to fix problems as soon as possible, I don’t think it’s worth diverting resources from problems with a much clearer reason to believe we need to act now.
Training takes probably 3 years to cycle up and maybe 3 years to happen. When did we start deciding to train people in AI Safety, vs when was there enough?
Seems plausible to me that the AI welfare discussion happens before we might currently be ready.
But again you’re suggesting a time-limited window in which the AI welfare discussion happens, and if we don’t intervene in that window it’ll be too late. I just don’t see a reason to expect that. I imagine that after the first AI welfare discussion, there will be others. While obviously it’s best to fix problems as soon as possible, I don’t think it’s worth diverting resources from problems with a much clearer reason to believe we need to act now.
I think that being there at the start of a discussion is a great way to shift it. Look at AI safety (for good and ill)