Three things suggest to me that they don’t believe LLMs will cause an extinction level event. 1. Their initial banal answer about providing a good product. 2. Their immediate defensive reply of “yes of course” (although this may be me inferring tone) when directly challenged on the belief. 3. Their apparent lack of any previous thought about AI safety.
My guess would be that the reason they work there is that they like the prestige. But it would be gauche to just say that outright.
Three things suggest to me that they don’t believe LLMs will cause an extinction level event. 1. Their initial banal answer about providing a good product. 2. Their immediate defensive reply of “yes of course” (although this may be me inferring tone) when directly challenged on the belief. 3. Their apparent lack of any previous thought about AI safety.
My guess would be that the reason they work there is that they like the prestige. But it would be gauche to just say that outright.