This is so awesome, thank you so much, I’m really glad this exists. The recent shift of experts publicly worrying about AI x-risks has been a significant update for me in terms of hoping humanity avoids losing control to AI.
(but notably not Meta)
Wondering how much I should update from Meta and other big tech firms not being represented on the list. Did you reach out to the signing individuals via your networks and maybe the network didn’t reach some orgs as much? Maybe there are company policies in place that prevent employees from some firms from signing the statement? And is there something specific about Meta that I can read up on (besides Yann LeCun intransigence on Twitter :P)?
I’m not sure, we can dismiss Yann LeCun’s statements so easily; mostly, because I do not understand how Meta works. How influential is he there? Does he set general policy around things like AI risk?
I feel there is this unhealthy dynamic where he represents the leader of some kind of “anti-doomerism” – and I’m under the impression that he and his Twitter crowd do not engage with the arguments of the debate at all. I’m pretty much looking at this from the outside, but LeCun’s arguments seem to be so far behind. If he drives Meta’s AI safety policy, I’m honestly worried about that. Meta just doesn’t seem to be an insignificant player.
This is so awesome, thank you so much, I’m really glad this exists. The recent shift of experts publicly worrying about AI x-risks has been a significant update for me in terms of hoping humanity avoids losing control to AI.
Wondering how much I should update from Meta and other big tech firms not being represented on the list. Did you reach out to the signing individuals via your networks and maybe the network didn’t reach some orgs as much? Maybe there are company policies in place that prevent employees from some firms from signing the statement? And is there something specific about Meta that I can read up on (besides Yann LeCun intransigence on Twitter :P)?
I’m not sure, we can dismiss Yann LeCun’s statements so easily; mostly, because I do not understand how Meta works. How influential is he there? Does he set general policy around things like AI risk?
I feel there is this unhealthy dynamic where he represents the leader of some kind of “anti-doomerism” – and I’m under the impression that he and his Twitter crowd do not engage with the arguments of the debate at all. I’m pretty much looking at this from the outside, but LeCun’s arguments seem to be so far behind. If he drives Meta’s AI safety policy, I’m honestly worried about that. Meta just doesn’t seem to be an insignificant player.