I think the idea here of minimizing the use of blackbox deep learning systems, and incorporating them into a larger GOFAI system fits very nicely with Conjecture’s CogEm proposal. Have you considered apply to work with them?
for further detail, see this interview with Connor Leahy
Yup, there’s a bunch of overlap there. The main difference (as far as I can tell from the outside, anyway) is that I suspect I’m more optimistic about safely using much stronger/more general chunks within a CoEm-ish system, and my day-to-day effort is half coming up with ways to make that possible and half trying to prove myself wrong.
And I have considered it, but I’m still unsure if I should actually be full-timing AI safety. I might end up reaching out anyway with a more limited commitment since there do seem to be a lot of complementary options.
I think the idea here of minimizing the use of blackbox deep learning systems, and incorporating them into a larger GOFAI system fits very nicely with Conjecture’s CogEm proposal. Have you considered apply to work with them?
for further detail, see this interview with Connor Leahy
Yup, there’s a bunch of overlap there. The main difference (as far as I can tell from the outside, anyway) is that I suspect I’m more optimistic about safely using much stronger/more general chunks within a CoEm-ish system, and my day-to-day effort is half coming up with ways to make that possible and half trying to prove myself wrong.
And I have considered it, but I’m still unsure if I should actually be full-timing AI safety. I might end up reaching out anyway with a more limited commitment since there do seem to be a lot of complementary options.
There is now a more detailed writeup! (It also links to that interview.)