I called some congresspeople but honestly, I think we should have enough people-in-contact with Elon to say “c’mon man, please don’t do that?”. I’d guess that’s more likely to work than most other things?
> “My sense is that relevant people are talking to relevant people (don’t know specifics about who/how/etc.) and it’s better if this is done in a carefully controlled manner.”
And another person said:
Per the other thread, a bunch of attention on this from EA/xrisk coded people could easily be counterproductive, by making AISI stick out as a safety thing that should be killed
And while I don’t exactly wanna trust “the people behind the scenes have it handled”, I do think the failure mode here seems pretty real.
I called some congresspeople but honestly, I think we should have enough people-in-contact with Elon to say “c’mon man, please don’t do that?”. I’d guess that’s more likely to work than most other things?
Update: In a slack I’m in, someone said:
And another person said:
And while I don’t exactly wanna trust “the people behind the scenes have it handled”, I do think the failure mode here seems pretty real.