Keep up the good work and don’t get caught up in the pessimism.
Convincing 112 lawmaker to sign the statement is a very big achievement and I wish there was more appreciation of it. We’re at the early stages where no one else knows how to convince 50% of lawmakers, and where convincing 1 lawmaker is hard. You might be one order of magnitude away from success, but you’re many orders of magnitude past hopelessness. It won’t be too surprising if you succeed, and that’s literally the best outlook that any AI safety project can ask for!
PS: I think you could’ve been more diplomatic regarding the organizations affected by the spectre
Especially since you experienced the spectre yourself. E.g. focus on the room for improvement if they followed your lessons on the spectre, rather than how tech nerds and philanthropists are wasting capital on them :/
Of course on LessWrong, sometimes if you’re diplomatic you get ignored to death, and people only want to read argumentative posts with a blunt messages. Other times being blunt attracts disproportionate negativity and very unproductive discussions. Pick your poison.
Keep up the good work and don’t get caught up in the pessimism.
Convincing 112 lawmaker to sign the statement is a very big achievement and I wish there was more appreciation of it. We’re at the early stages where no one else knows how to convince 50% of lawmakers, and where convincing 1 lawmaker is hard. You might be one order of magnitude away from success, but you’re many orders of magnitude past hopelessness. It won’t be too surprising if you succeed, and that’s literally the best outlook that any AI safety project can ask for!
PS: I think you could’ve been more diplomatic regarding the organizations affected by the spectre
Especially since you experienced the spectre yourself. E.g. focus on the room for improvement if they followed your lessons on the spectre, rather than how tech nerds and philanthropists are wasting capital on them :/
Of course on LessWrong, sometimes if you’re diplomatic you get ignored to death, and people only want to read argumentative posts with a blunt messages. Other times being blunt attracts disproportionate negativity and very unproductive discussions. Pick your poison.