I don’t know about Eliezer in particular and Glenn Beck in particular but I do think insofar as people are trying to do media relations, it’s pretty important to somehow end up taken fairly seriously in a bipartisan way. (I’m not sure of the best way to go about that, whether it’s better to go on partisan shows of multiple types, or try to go on not-particularly-partisan shows that happen to appeal to different demographics)
I think it needs to be Glenn Beck in particular because he actually knows what he’s talking about in a technical sense. He groks concepts like intelligence amplification, AI existential risk, and the fact that AI can improve our lives by bounds until one day we fall over dead. Who else is even close? He’s trying to reach out to people in AI safety, and I think just a little bit of effort can make a big difference.
I don’t think it has to be Eliezer, but I think most other people would try to convince him of less dire scenarios than the one we’re actually in because they sound less crazy. But we need someone to look the American people in the eye and say the truth: we might all die, and there is no master plan.
I don’t know about Eliezer in particular and Glenn Beck in particular but I do think insofar as people are trying to do media relations, it’s pretty important to somehow end up taken fairly seriously in a bipartisan way. (I’m not sure of the best way to go about that, whether it’s better to go on partisan shows of multiple types, or try to go on not-particularly-partisan shows that happen to appeal to different demographics)
I think it needs to be Glenn Beck in particular because he actually knows what he’s talking about in a technical sense. He groks concepts like intelligence amplification, AI existential risk, and the fact that AI can improve our lives by bounds until one day we fall over dead. Who else is even close? He’s trying to reach out to people in AI safety, and I think just a little bit of effort can make a big difference.
I don’t think it has to be Eliezer, but I think most other people would try to convince him of less dire scenarios than the one we’re actually in because they sound less crazy. But we need someone to look the American people in the eye and say the truth: we might all die, and there is no master plan.