First, some of the ‘necessary to save the world’ things might make enemies. If it’s the case that Bob really wants there to be a giant explosion, and you think giant explosions might kill everyone, you and Bob are going to disagree about what to do, and Bob existing in the same information environment as you will constrain your ability to share your preferences and collect allies without making Bob an enemy.
So...that’s a metaphor for “telling people who like building AIs to stop building AIs pisses them off and turns them into enemies”. Which it might, but how often does that happen? Your prominent enemies aren’t in that category , as far as I can see. David Gerard,for instance, was alienated by a race/IQ discussion. So good PR might consist of banning race/IQ.
Also, consider the possibility that people who know how to build AIs know more than you, so it’s less a question of their being enemies , and more one of their being people you can learn from.
I don’t know how public various details are, but my impression is that this was a decent description of the EY—Dario Amodei relationship (and presumably still is?), tho I think personality clashes are also a part of that.
Also, consider the possibility that people who know how to build AIs know more than you, so it’s less a question of their being enemies , and more one of their being people you can learn from.
I mean, obviously they know more about some things and less about others? Like, virologists doing gain of function research are also people who know more than me, and I could view them as people I could learn from. Would that advance or hinder my goals?
If you are under some kind of misapprehension about the nature of their work, it would help. And you don’t know that you are not under a misapprehension, because they are the experts, not you. So you need to talk to them anyway. You might believe that you understand the field flawlessly, but you dont know until someone checks your work.
So...that’s a metaphor for “telling people who like building AIs to stop building AIs pisses them off and turns them into enemies”. Which it might, but how often does that happen? Your prominent enemies aren’t in that category , as far as I can see. David Gerard,for instance, was alienated by a race/IQ discussion. So good PR might consist of banning race/IQ.
Also, consider the possibility that people who know how to build AIs know more than you, so it’s less a question of their being enemies , and more one of their being people you can learn from.
I don’t know how public various details are, but my impression is that this was a decent description of the EY—Dario Amodei relationship (and presumably still is?), tho I think personality clashes are also a part of that.
I mean, obviously they know more about some things and less about others? Like, virologists doing gain of function research are also people who know more than me, and I could view them as people I could learn from. Would that advance or hinder my goals?
If you are under some kind of misapprehension about the nature of their work, it would help. And you don’t know that you are not under a misapprehension, because they are the experts, not you. So you need to talk to them anyway. You might believe that you understand the field flawlessly, but you dont know until someone checks your work.