I appreciate the impressive epistemic humility it must have taken for one of the original and most prestigious alignment research orgs to decide that right now prioritising policy and communications work over research might be the best course to follow. I would imagine that might be a somewhat painful decision for technical people who have devoted their life to finding a technical solution. Nice one!
“Although we plan to pursue all three of these priorities, it’s likely that policy and communications will be a higher priority for MIRI than research going forward.”
I appreciate the impressive epistemic humility it must have taken for one of the original and most prestigious alignment research orgs to decide that right now prioritising policy and communications work over research might be the best course to follow. I would imagine that might be a somewhat painful decision for technical people who have devoted their life to finding a technical solution. Nice one!
“Although we plan to pursue all three of these priorities, it’s likely that policy and communications will be a higher priority for MIRI than research going forward.”