In the specific situation I’m referencing, no. My impression is that they were just curious about automated research scaffolds, agent frameworks and applying interpretability for capabilities. They did not seem all that interested in alignment.
I could imagine that in practice many professors end up optimizing for prestige and more paper publications (that have nothing to do with superintelligence), whereas a younger person may not be locked into that mindset yet.
In the specific situation I’m referencing, no. My impression is that they were just curious about automated research scaffolds, agent frameworks and applying interpretability for capabilities. They did not seem all that interested in alignment.
I could imagine that in practice many professors end up optimizing for prestige and more paper publications (that have nothing to do with superintelligence), whereas a younger person may not be locked into that mindset yet.