I’m proposing that literally anyone in the EA biosecurity world would have been a good place to start. Almost any of them would either have a response, or have a much better idea of who to ask. Just like for hey, I have an idea for how someone could misuse AI, running the potentially dangerous ideas by almost anyone in AI safety is enough for people to say either “I really wouldn’t worry,” or “maybe ask person Y,” or “Holy shit, no.”
As for what value of X, I’d be happy if basically anyone that had done work in biosecurity was asked. Anyone who signed up for / attended the Catalyst summit, for example. Or anyone who has posted about biosecurity on the EA forum. I know most of them, and on the whole I trust their judgement. Maybe I’m wrong, but in this case, I think most of their judgement would be to say either that it needs to be edited, or that it should probably be checked with someone at Open Phil or FHI before posting, since it’s potentially a bad idea.
I’m proposing that literally anyone in the EA biosecurity world would have been a good place to start. Almost any of them would either have a response, or have a much better idea of who to ask. Just like for hey, I have an idea for how someone could misuse AI, running the potentially dangerous ideas by almost anyone in AI safety is enough for people to say either “I really wouldn’t worry,” or “maybe ask person Y,” or “Holy shit, no.”
As for what value of X, I’d be happy if basically anyone that had done work in biosecurity was asked. Anyone who signed up for / attended the Catalyst summit, for example. Or anyone who has posted about biosecurity on the EA forum. I know most of them, and on the whole I trust their judgement. Maybe I’m wrong, but in this case, I think most of their judgement would be to say either that it needs to be edited, or that it should probably be checked with someone at Open Phil or FHI before posting, since it’s potentially a bad idea.