I think that most questions we care about are either technical or related to alignment. Maybe my coworkers will think of some questions that fit your description. Were you thinking of anything in particular?
Well for me, better research on correlates of research performance would be pretty helpful for research hiring. Like it’s an open question to me whether I should expect a higher or lower (within-distribution) correlation of {intelligence, work sample tests, structured interviews, resume screenings} to research productivity when compared to the literature on work performance overall. I expect there are similar questions for programming.
But the selfish reason I’m interested in asking this is that I plan to work on AI gov/strategy in the near future, and it’ll be useful to know if there are specific questions in those domains that you’d like an answer to, as this may help diversify or add to our paths to impact.
What are examples of reasonably scoped non-alignment/non-technical research questions, if any, that you think would be helpful for your work?
I think that most questions we care about are either technical or related to alignment. Maybe my coworkers will think of some questions that fit your description. Were you thinking of anything in particular?
Well for me, better research on correlates of research performance would be pretty helpful for research hiring. Like it’s an open question to me whether I should expect a higher or lower (within-distribution) correlation of {intelligence, work sample tests, structured interviews, resume screenings} to research productivity when compared to the literature on work performance overall. I expect there are similar questions for programming.
But the selfish reason I’m interested in asking this is that I plan to work on AI gov/strategy in the near future, and it’ll be useful to know if there are specific questions in those domains that you’d like an answer to, as this may help diversify or add to our paths to impact.