I’ve heard quite a few people say that they were wary about this kind of public outreach because they thought it might politicise the issue and do more harm than good. I’m not saying that this is my position, but what are your thoughts on stopping this from happening?
Further, it isn’t clear from the above what kind of political action you intend to push for.
Yes we’ve heard this concern as well, and it’s a fair one. The challenge is that public outreach on AI has already begun (witness Elon Musk’s warnings) and holding back won’t stop that.
Our approach is to engage with people across the political spectrum (framing the issue accordingly) and reinforce the message that when it comes to ASI risks we’re quite literally all in this together.
As for specific government actions we’d be advocating for, this is something we are currently defining but the three areas we’ve flagged as most likely to help human success this century are technology governance, societal resilience and global coordination.
I’ve heard quite a few people say that they were wary about this kind of public outreach because they thought it might politicise the issue and do more harm than good. I’m not saying that this is my position, but what are your thoughts on stopping this from happening?
Further, it isn’t clear from the above what kind of political action you intend to push for.
Yes we’ve heard this concern as well, and it’s a fair one. The challenge is that public outreach on AI has already begun (witness Elon Musk’s warnings) and holding back won’t stop that.
Our approach is to engage with people across the political spectrum (framing the issue accordingly) and reinforce the message that when it comes to ASI risks we’re quite literally all in this together.
As for specific government actions we’d be advocating for, this is something we are currently defining but the three areas we’ve flagged as most likely to help human success this century are technology governance, societal resilience and global coordination.