Imagine re Open Phil and hardcore rationalists “the ex-CEO of MIRI now works at Open Phil, and and the CEO of Lightcone is dating an Open Phil employee. These groups have enormous overlap.”
Yes. People can have a lot of social overlap, yet have very different views from one another, especially in the broader Bay Area intellectual ecosystem. My sense is that Anthropic leadership has very different views from most AI safety EAs.
More than 50% of the talent-weighted safety people in EA are literally employees of Anthropic!
Why do you think this? I’m skeptical this is true, especially if you’re including non-technical talent.
Why do you think this? I’m skeptical this is true, especially if you’re including non-technical talent.
IDK, I counted them? I made some spreadsheets over the years, and ran this number by a bunch of other people, and my current guess is that it’s around 55%? When I list organizations with full-time employees working in safety I actually end up at substantially above 50% of people working at Anthropic, but I think that’s overcounting.
My sense is that Anthropic leadership has very different views from most AI safety EAs.
I think there are differences and overlaps. I think Rob points to a thing that is shared across a cluster that spans both of them, and has historically had a lot of influence.
Imagine re Open Phil and hardcore rationalists “the ex-CEO of MIRI now works at Open Phil, and and the CEO of Lightcone is dating an Open Phil employee. These groups have enormous overlap.”
Yes. People can have a lot of social overlap, yet have very different views from one another, especially in the broader Bay Area intellectual ecosystem. My sense is that Anthropic leadership has very different views from most AI safety EAs.
Why do you think this? I’m skeptical this is true, especially if you’re including non-technical talent.
IDK, I counted them? I made some spreadsheets over the years, and ran this number by a bunch of other people, and my current guess is that it’s around 55%? When I list organizations with full-time employees working in safety I actually end up at substantially above 50% of people working at Anthropic, but I think that’s overcounting.
I think there are differences and overlaps. I think Rob points to a thing that is shared across a cluster that spans both of them, and has historically had a lot of influence.