Additionally, even when we don’t learn direct lessons about how to solve the hard problems of alignment, this work is critical for producing the evidence that the hard problems are real, which is important for convincing the rest of the world to invest substantially here.
You may have meant this, but—crucial for producing the evidence that the hard problems are real or for producing evidence that the hard problems are not real, no?
After all good experiments can say both yes and no, not just yes.
Certainly, yes—I was just describing what the hot path to solving the hard parts of alignment might look like, in that it would likely need to involve producing evidence of alignment being hard; if we instead discover that actually it’s not hard, then all the better.
You may have meant this, but—crucial for producing the evidence that the hard problems are real or for producing evidence that the hard problems are not real, no?
After all good experiments can say both yes and no, not just yes.
Certainly, yes—I was just describing what the hot path to solving the hard parts of alignment might look like, in that it would likely need to involve producing evidence of alignment being hard; if we instead discover that actually it’s not hard, then all the better.