Ah ok. Given that, it seems like you need to explain your critique more, or try to figure out the root cause of the wrong intention and address that, otherwise wouldn’t they just switch to “trying to look like you’re trying to build models of what needs to be done to solve AI risk”?
Another problem is that it seems even harder to distinguish between people who are really trying to build such models, and people who are just trying to look like they’re doing that, because there’s no short-term feedback from reality to tell you whether someone’s model is any good. It seems like suggesting people to do that when you’re not sure of their intention is really dangerous, as it could mess up the epistemic situation with AI risk models (even more than it already is). Maybe it would be better to just suggest some concrete short-term projects for them to do instead?
Ah ok. Given that, it seems like you need to explain your critique more, or try to figure out the root cause of the wrong intention and address that, otherwise wouldn’t they just switch to “trying to look like you’re trying to build models of what needs to be done to solve AI risk”?
Another problem is that it seems even harder to distinguish between people who are really trying to build such models, and people who are just trying to look like they’re doing that, because there’s no short-term feedback from reality to tell you whether someone’s model is any good. It seems like suggesting people to do that when you’re not sure of their intention is really dangerous, as it could mess up the epistemic situation with AI risk models (even more than it already is). Maybe it would be better to just suggest some concrete short-term projects for them to do instead?