I’m rated ~1600 on Lichess and would participate in whichever role that rating fits best with.
I have some questions, such as which time controls are used but am most interested in how you plan on having the “C” group give advice to the “A” group. Would they just give notation (for instance Re1) or would they type or speak a little bit of context alongside such as “Centralize your pieces” or “complete your development by activating your rook”?
I live in the Bay Area and am generally available on weekdays anytime after 5PST.
My only concern is that while very inexperienced players may be able to determine who is giving good advice in the early game and for general improving moves, the much better players who will be advising will be much more concrete with their advice. By concrete I mean moves that are tactically justified whose reasonings would be utterly anathema to even a casual player making it much more difficult for them to determine who is lying. This problem would be exacerbated the less context the advisors are able to give for each recommendation.
Unsure about the time controls at the moment; see my response to aphyer. The advisors would be able to give the A player justification for the move they’ve recommended.
The concern that A might not be able to understand the reasoning that the advisors give them is a valid one, and that’s the whole point of the experiment! If A can’t follow the reasoning well enough to determine whether it’s good advice, then (says the analogy) people who are asking AIs how to solve alignment can’t follow their reasoning well enough to determine whether it’s good advice.
I’m rated ~1600 on Lichess and would participate in whichever role that rating fits best with.
I have some questions, such as which time controls are used but am most interested in how you plan on having the “C” group give advice to the “A” group. Would they just give notation (for instance Re1) or would they type or speak a little bit of context alongside such as “Centralize your pieces” or “complete your development by activating your rook”?
I live in the Bay Area and am generally available on weekdays anytime after 5PST.
My only concern is that while very inexperienced players may be able to determine who is giving good advice in the early game and for general improving moves, the much better players who will be advising will be much more concrete with their advice. By concrete I mean moves that are tactically justified whose reasonings would be utterly anathema to even a casual player making it much more difficult for them to determine who is lying. This problem would be exacerbated the less context the advisors are able to give for each recommendation.
Unsure about the time controls at the moment; see my response to aphyer. The advisors would be able to give the A player justification for the move they’ve recommended.
The concern that A might not be able to understand the reasoning that the advisors give them is a valid one, and that’s the whole point of the experiment! If A can’t follow the reasoning well enough to determine whether it’s good advice, then (says the analogy) people who are asking AIs how to solve alignment can’t follow their reasoning well enough to determine whether it’s good advice.