The AI Safety space has LOADS of very smart people that can’t get jobs because there aren’t enough organisations to hire them. It might be the biggest bottleneck in the cause area. Meanwhile, capabilities literally has dozens of billions being thrown into it
Is not enough organizations really the problem? For technical AI safety research, at least, I hear research management capacity is a bottleneck. A new technical AI safety org would compete with the others over the same potential research managers.
That’s an interesting hypothesis. I think “seem” is an important word, because it points to me something I see as another issue—inaction leading from conservativeness, leading to capabilities pulling even further away.
Is not enough organizations really the problem? For technical AI safety research, at least, I hear research management capacity is a bottleneck. A new technical AI safety org would compete with the others over the same potential research managers.
Another issue could be that few interventions seem net positive (maybe things have changed since that comment 3 years ago).
That’s an interesting hypothesis. I think “seem” is an important word, because it points to me something I see as another issue—inaction leading from conservativeness, leading to capabilities pulling even further away.