It seems that AI safety has this issue less than every other problem in the world, by proportion of the people working on it.
Some double digit percentage of all of the people who are trying to improve the situation, are directly trying to solve the problem, I think? (Or maybe I just live in a bubble in a bubble.)
And I don’t know how well this analysis applies to non-AI safety fields.
I’d take a bet at even odds that it’s single-digit.
To clarify, I don’t think this is just about grabbing power in government or military. My outside view of plans to “get a PhD in AI (safety)” seems like this to me. This was part of the reason I declined an offer to do a neuroscience PhD with Oxford/DeepMind. I didn’t have any secret for why it might be plausibly crucial.
It seems that AI safety has this issue less than every other problem in the world, by proportion of the people working on it.
Some double digit percentage of all of the people who are trying to improve the situation, are directly trying to solve the problem, I think? (Or maybe I just live in a bubble in a bubble.)
And I don’t know how well this analysis applies to non-AI safety fields.
I’d take a bet at even odds that it’s single-digit.
To clarify, I don’t think this is just about grabbing power in government or military. My outside view of plans to “get a PhD in AI (safety)” seems like this to me. This was part of the reason I declined an offer to do a neuroscience PhD with Oxford/DeepMind. I didn’t have any secret for why it might be plausibly crucial.
Strong agree with Jacob.