Who is paying attention to reports? Although people reading our minutes is a nice side effect (and a rod for serendipity, etc.), the point is also that we have an emergency response team that could act in the event of an incipient catastrophe.
Sentinel is also valuable if the generators for being worried about AI x-risk are right, but the specifics are wrong. In some sense we expect to be surprised.
As an aside, the reports end up being critical in worlds where the rapid response is needed, since they show ongoing attention, and will be looked at in retrospect. But they can also be used more directly to galvanize news coverage on key topics and as evidence by policy orgs. Promoting that avenue for impact seems valuable.
Thanks for mentioning Sentinel. Two points:
Who is paying attention to reports? Although people reading our minutes is a nice side effect (and a rod for serendipity, etc.), the point is also that we have an emergency response team that could act in the event of an incipient catastrophe.
Sentinel is also valuable if the generators for being worried about AI x-risk are right, but the specifics are wrong. In some sense we expect to be surprised.
As an aside, the reports end up being critical in worlds where the rapid response is needed, since they show ongoing attention, and will be looked at in retrospect. But they can also be used more directly to galvanize news coverage on key topics and as evidence by policy orgs. Promoting that avenue for impact seems valuable.