Oh, and also… This post and the comment thread is full of ideas that people can use to fuel their interest in novel capabilities research. Seems risky. Quinton’s points about DNA and evolution can be extrapolated to the hypothesis that “information bottlenecks” could be a cost-effective way of increasing the rate at which networks generalise, and that may or may not be something we want. (This is a known thing, however, so it’s not the riskiest thing to say.)
FWIW my 2¢ are: I consider myself more paranoid than most, and don’t see anything here as “risky” enough to be worth thinking about, as of this writing. (E.g. people are already interested in novel capabilities research.)
I don’t know that much about the field or what top researchers are thinking about, so I know I’m naive about most of my independent models. But I think it’s good for my research trajectory to act on my inside views anyway. And to talk about them with people who may sooner show me how naive I am. :)
Oh, and also… This post and the comment thread is full of ideas that people can use to fuel their interest in novel capabilities research. Seems risky. Quinton’s points about DNA and evolution can be extrapolated to the hypothesis that “information bottlenecks” could be a cost-effective way of increasing the rate at which networks generalise, and that may or may not be something we want. (This is a known thing, however, so it’s not the riskiest thing to say.)
FWIW my 2¢ are: I consider myself more paranoid than most, and don’t see anything here as “risky” enough to be worth thinking about, as of this writing. (E.g. people are already interested in novel capabilities research.)
I don’t know that much about the field or what top researchers are thinking about, so I know I’m naive about most of my independent models. But I think it’s good for my research trajectory to act on my inside views anyway. And to talk about them with people who may sooner show me how naive I am. :)