There’s a big spectrum, there. Some people think that no matter what the AI does that’s fine because it’s our progeny (even if it turns as much matter as it can into a giant computer so it can find better YouTube recommendations). Other people think that you can’t actually build a superintelligent paperclip maximizer (because maximizing paperclips would be stupid, and we’re assuming that it’s intelligent). Other people think that yeah, you don’t get good behavior by default, but AI is hundreds and hundreds of years off, so we don’t need to start worrying now. Other people think that AI alignment is a pressing concern now but that improving our theoretical understanding of what we’re trying to do isn’t the missing puzzle piece. I interface with each of these different types of people in very different ways.
To actually answer your question, though, the default interface is “publish papers, attend conferences,” with a healthy dose of “talk to people in person when they’re in town” mixed in :-)
How does MIRI plan to interface with important AI researchers that disagree with key pieces in the argument for safety?
There’s a big spectrum, there. Some people think that no matter what the AI does that’s fine because it’s our progeny (even if it turns as much matter as it can into a giant computer so it can find better YouTube recommendations). Other people think that you can’t actually build a superintelligent paperclip maximizer (because maximizing paperclips would be stupid, and we’re assuming that it’s intelligent). Other people think that yeah, you don’t get good behavior by default, but AI is hundreds and hundreds of years off, so we don’t need to start worrying now. Other people think that AI alignment is a pressing concern now but that improving our theoretical understanding of what we’re trying to do isn’t the missing puzzle piece. I interface with each of these different types of people in very different ways.
To actually answer your question, though, the default interface is “publish papers, attend conferences,” with a healthy dose of “talk to people in person when they’re in town” mixed in :-)