To what extent should we expect catastrophic failure from AI to mirror other engineering disasters/ have applicable lessons from Safety engineering as a field?
I would think that 1. everything is sui generis and 2. things often rhyme, but it is unclear how approaches will translate.
To what extent should we expect catastrophic failure from AI to mirror other engineering disasters/ have applicable lessons from Safety engineering as a field?
I would think that 1. everything is sui generis and 2. things often rhyme, but it is unclear how approaches will translate.
I wrote thoughts here: https://redwoodresearch.substack.com/p/fields-that-i-reference-when-thinking?selection=fada128e-c663-45da-b21d-5473613c1f5c