Last month, I posted a “research agenda for the final year”. This was an attempt to rise to the challenge of our situation: AI is advanced enough now, that it would be unsurprising if it reached superintelligence this year. My expectation is that superintelligence rapidly leads to AI takeover of the world and the end of human sovereignty. If all that were true, then we only have months left in which to elevate the theory and practice of alignment to the level needed for superintelligence.
The next step for me is to emphasize that I am available for paid work in this area. That research agenda outlines how I think about the issues; so in principle, I could be hired to work exactly on that agenda, or on some subset of it. But in practice I have considerable flexibility. My main practical constraint is that I am looking for remote work that will allow me to move from Australia, where I am now, to Canada, for family reasons. If this really is the end, that’s where I ought to be. And if we do still have a few more years, being in North America should be a step up in my ability to make a difference.
Last month, I posted a “research agenda for the final year”. This was an attempt to rise to the challenge of our situation: AI is advanced enough now, that it would be unsurprising if it reached superintelligence this year. My expectation is that superintelligence rapidly leads to AI takeover of the world and the end of human sovereignty. If all that were true, then we only have months left in which to elevate the theory and practice of alignment to the level needed for superintelligence.
The next step for me is to emphasize that I am available for paid work in this area. That research agenda outlines how I think about the issues; so in principle, I could be hired to work exactly on that agenda, or on some subset of it. But in practice I have considerable flexibility. My main practical constraint is that I am looking for remote work that will allow me to move from Australia, where I am now, to Canada, for family reasons. If this really is the end, that’s where I ought to be. And if we do still have a few more years, being in North America should be a step up in my ability to make a difference.