I think what’s happened with Google/Deepmind and OpenAI/Microsoft has been much worse than safety washing. In effect it’s been “existential safety washing”! The EA and AI x-risk communities have been far too placated by the existence of x-safety teams at these big AGI capabilities companies. I think at this point we need to be trying other things, like pushing for a moratorium on AGI development.
I think what’s happened with Google/Deepmind and OpenAI/Microsoft has been much worse than safety washing. In effect it’s been “existential safety washing”! The EA and AI x-risk communities have been far too placated by the existence of x-safety teams at these big AGI capabilities companies. I think at this point we need to be trying other things, like pushing for a moratorium on AGI development.