I want to address the central flaw of Akash+Olivia+Thomas’s argument in the Buying Time post, which is that actually, people can improve at things.
Why do you think the Buying Time post suggested otherwise? Note that the authors did not make a blanket statement telling “bad” alignment researchers to stop working on alignment. One recommendation is for alignment researchers to consider working on technical research that concretely presents important alignment concepts or empirically demonstrates concerning alignment failures.
Why do you think the Buying Time post suggested otherwise? Note that the authors did not make a blanket statement telling “bad” alignment researchers to stop working on alignment. One recommendation is for alignment researchers to consider working on technical research that concretely presents important alignment concepts or empirically demonstrates concerning alignment failures.