many AI researchers just don’t seem too concerned about the risks posed by AI, so may not have opened the survey
Note that we didn’t tell them the topic that specifically.
I am wondering whether a better approach would instead be to randomly sample a subset of potential respondents (say, 4,000 people), and offer to compensate them at a much higher rate (e.g., $100)..
Tried sending them $100 last year and if anything it lowered the response rate.
If you are inclined to dismiss this based on your premise “many AI researchers just don’t seem too concerned about the risks posed by AI”, I’m curious where you get that view from, and why you think it is a less biased source.
I respond here: https://worldspiritsockpuppet.com/2021/03/09/why-does-ads-think-ea-hasnt-grown.html