What should be done? I have a few thoughts, but my most major best guess is that, now that AI safety is big enough and getting so much attention, it should have its own movement, separate from EA.
Or, the ideal form for the AI safety community might not be a “movement” at all! This would be one of the most straightforward ways to ward off groupthink and related harms, and it has been possible for other cause areas, for instance, global health work mostly doesn’t operate as a social movement.
Or, the ideal form for the AI safety community might not be a “movement” at all! This would be one of the most straightforward ways to ward off groupthink and related harms, and it has been possible for other cause areas, for instance, global health work mostly doesn’t operate as a social movement.
Global health outside of EA may not have the issues associated with being a movement, but it has even bigger issues.