My sense is Horizon is intentionally a mixture of people who care about x-risk and people who broadly care about “tech policy going well”. IMO both are laudable goals.
My guess is Horizon Institute has other issues that make me not super excited about it, but I think this one is a reasonable call.
Importantly, AFAICT some Horizon fellows are actively working against x-risk (pulling the rope backwards, not sideways). So Horizon’s sign of impact is unclear to me. For a lot of people, “tech policy going well” means “regulations that don’t impede tech companies’ growth”.
My sense is Horizon is intentionally a mixture of people who care about x-risk and people who broadly care about “tech policy going well”. IMO both are laudable goals.
My guess is Horizon Institute has other issues that make me not super excited about it, but I think this one is a reasonable call.
Importantly, AFAICT some Horizon fellows are actively working against x-risk (pulling the rope backwards, not sideways). So Horizon’s sign of impact is unclear to me. For a lot of people, “tech policy going well” means “regulations that don’t impede tech companies’ growth”.