Who is considering Altman and Hassabis thought leaders in AI safety? I wouldn’t even consider Altman a thought leader in AI—his extraordinary skill seems mostly social and organizational.
There’s maybe an argument for Amodei, as Anthropic is currently the only one of the company whose commitment to safety over scaling is at least reasonably plausible.
Thanks that’s a helpful perspective and I would be happy if it was true that they weren’t considered AI safety thought leaders. I do feel like they are often seen this way though in the public sphere, and sometimes here on the forum too.
I realize that my question sounded rethorical, but I’m actually interested in your sources or reasons for your impression. I certainly don’t have a good idea of the general opinion and the media I consume is biased towards what I consider reasonable takes. That being said, I haven’t encountered the position you’re concerned about very much and would be interested to be hear where you did. Regarding this forum, I imagine one could read into some answers, but overall I don’t get the impression that the AI CEO’s are seen as big safety proponents.
Who is considering Altman and Hassabis thought leaders in AI safety? I wouldn’t even consider Altman a thought leader in AI—his extraordinary skill seems mostly social and organizational. There’s maybe an argument for Amodei, as Anthropic is currently the only one of the company whose commitment to safety over scaling is at least reasonably plausible.
Thanks that’s a helpful perspective and I would be happy if it was true that they weren’t considered AI safety thought leaders. I do feel like they are often seen this way though in the public sphere, and sometimes here on the forum too.
I realize that my question sounded rethorical, but I’m actually interested in your sources or reasons for your impression. I certainly don’t have a good idea of the general opinion and the media I consume is biased towards what I consider reasonable takes. That being said, I haven’t encountered the position you’re concerned about very much and would be interested to be hear where you did. Regarding this forum, I imagine one could read into some answers, but overall I don’t get the impression that the AI CEO’s are seen as big safety proponents.