This is helpful data. Two important axes of variation here are:
- Time, where this has fortunatley become more frequently discussed in recent years - Involvement, where I speak a lot with artificial intelligence and machine learning researches who work on AI safety but not global priorities research; often their motivation was just reading something like Life 3.0. I think these people tend to have thought through crucial considerations less than, say, people on this forum.
This is helpful data. Two important axes of variation here are:
- Time, where this has fortunatley become more frequently discussed in recent years
- Involvement, where I speak a lot with artificial intelligence and machine learning researches who work on AI safety but not global priorities research; often their motivation was just reading something like Life 3.0. I think these people tend to have thought through crucial considerations less than, say, people on this forum.