I agree that there is likely no risk if nobody takes the SIAI seriously. But if at some point a powerful entity does take it serious, especially the country where most of the SIAI members reside in, then the best case scenario might be that it will be put under government control. I just don’t see that a government that does take fooming AI serious would trust the SIAI in trying to implement friendliness, or would allow them to do it even if they believed so.
I agree that there is likely no risk if nobody takes the SIAI serious. But if at some point a powerful entity does take it serious
Which is why it is smart for the figurehead to spend his time writing anime and Harry Potter fanfics and making them public. That stops most people taking him seriously (taking uncool people feels like a political mistake) while for rationalist nerd types it is approximately neutral.
I agree that there is likely no risk if nobody takes the SIAI seriously. But if at some point a powerful entity does take it serious, especially the country where most of the SIAI members reside in, then the best case scenario might be that it will be put under government control. I just don’t see that a government that does take fooming AI serious would trust the SIAI in trying to implement friendliness, or would allow them to do it even if they believed so.
Which is why it is smart for the figurehead to spend his time writing anime and Harry Potter fanfics and making them public. That stops most people taking him seriously (taking uncool people feels like a political mistake) while for rationalist nerd types it is approximately neutral.
It’s ‘seriously’, not ‘serious’.
Thanks, I know you told me before.