I think LW might benefit from having a similar kind of mutual-knowledge-building Statement on this occasion.
Well, (having not read any of the arguments/reservations below) my guess uninformed intuition is that this could be part of the crux...
”Supporting”/”signing-on-to” the 22 word statement from CAIS in 2023 is one thing. But, “supporting” all of the 256 pages of words in the IABIED book, that does seem like a different thing entirely? In general, I wouldn’t expect to find many LWers to be “followers of the book” (as it were)...
That said, I do wonder what percentage of the LW Community would “support” the simple 6 word statement, regardless of the content, explanations, arguments, etc. in the book it self?
I agree with this statement “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”.
(Where, this book is just one expression of support and explanation for that 6 word statement. And not necessarily the “definitive works”, “be all and end all”, “the holy grail”, for the entire idea...)
And then conversely, what percentage of LWers would disagree with the 6 words in that statement… e.g.
“If some specific person/group builds it, not everyone dies.”
Or, perhaps even...
“If some specific person/group builds it, no one dies.”
That said, I also wonder what percentage of the LW Community would support/”sign-on-to” the 22 word statement from CAIS from 2023, as well...
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
Probably more would support that 22 word statement, versus the 6 word statement above… But, yeah hard to say, maybe not?
Well, (having not read any of the arguments/reservations below) my
guessuninformed intuition is that this could be part of the crux...”Supporting”/”signing-on-to” the 22 word statement from CAIS in 2023 is one thing. But, “supporting” all of the 256 pages of words in the IABIED book, that does seem like a different thing entirely? In general, I wouldn’t expect to find many LWers to be “followers of the book” (as it were)...
That said, I do wonder what percentage of the LW Community would “support” the simple 6 word statement, regardless of the content, explanations, arguments, etc. in the book it self?
I agree with this statement “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”.
(Where, this book is just one expression of support and explanation for that 6 word statement. And not necessarily the “definitive works”, “be all and end all”, “the holy grail”, for the entire idea...)
And then conversely, what percentage of LWers would disagree with the 6 words in that statement… e.g.
“If some specific person/group builds it, not everyone dies.”
Or, perhaps even...
“If some specific person/group builds it, no one dies.”
That said, I also wonder what percentage of the LW Community would support/”sign-on-to” the 22 word statement from CAIS from 2023, as well...
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
Probably more would support that 22 word statement, versus the 6 word statement above… But, yeah hard to say, maybe not?