Yeah, Matthews really should have replaced “CS” with “math” or “math and philosophy”.
That would be more accurate, more consistent with AI safety researchers’ self-conception, and less susceptible to some of these counterarguments (especially Julia’s point that in CS, the money and other external validation is much more in for-profits than AI safety).
Yeah, Matthews really should have replaced “CS” with “math” or “math and philosophy”.
That would be more accurate, more consistent with AI safety researchers’ self-conception, and less susceptible to some of these counterarguments (especially Julia’s point that in CS, the money and other external validation is much more in for-profits than AI safety).