Support for AI safety research is up: 69% of respondents believe society should prioritize AI safety research “more” or “much more” than it is currently prioritized, up from 49% in 2016.
What is this number if you only include people who participated in both surveys?
Long answer: we sent the survey to everyone who participated in the 2016 survey. Those who didn’t publish at NeurIPS/ICML 2021 aren’t included in the data in this post, but 59% of the entire recontacted group said “more” or “much more.” (It would be slightly painful for me to see what those who responded to both surveys said in 2016 right now, but we might do things like that in the near future.)
What is this number if you only include people who participated in both surveys?
Short answer: 59%.
Long answer: we sent the survey to everyone who participated in the 2016 survey. Those who didn’t publish at NeurIPS/ICML 2021 aren’t included in the data in this post, but 59% of the entire recontacted group said “more” or “much more.” (It would be slightly painful for me to see what those who responded to both surveys said in 2016 right now, but we might do things like that in the near future.)