I feel kind of silly about supporting PauseAI. Doing ML research, or writing long fancy policy reports feels high status. Public protests feel low status. I would rather not be seen publicly advocating for doing something low-status. I suspect a good number of other people feel the same way.
(I do in fact support PauseAI US, and I have defended it publicly because I think it’s important to do so, but it makes me feel silly whenever I do.)
That’s not the only reason why people don’t endorse PauseAI, but I think it’s an important reason that should be mentioned.
Regardless, I still think there’s room to make protests cooler and more fun and less alienating, and when I mentioned this to them they seemed very open to it.
I feel kind of silly about supporting PauseAI. Doing ML research, or writing long fancy policy reports feels high status. Public protests feel low status. I would rather not be seen publicly advocating for doing something low-status. I suspect a good number of other people feel the same way.
(I do in fact support PauseAI US, and I have defended it publicly because I think it’s important to do so, but it makes me feel silly whenever I do.)
That’s not the only reason why people don’t endorse PauseAI, but I think it’s an important reason that should be mentioned.
I notice they have a Why do you protest section in their FAQ. I hadn’t heard of these studies before
Regardless, I still think there’s room to make protests cooler and more fun and less alienating, and when I mentioned this to them they seemed very open to it.