I still endorse that comment, though I’ll note that it argues for the much weaker claims of
I would not stop working on alignment research if it turned out I wasn’t solving the technical alignment problem
There are useful impacts of alignment research other than solving the technical alignment problem
(As opposed to something more like “the main thing you should work on is ‘make alignment legit’”.)
(Also I’m glad to hear my comments are useful (or at least influential), thanks for letting me know!)
I still endorse that comment, though I’ll note that it argues for the much weaker claims of
I would not stop working on alignment research if it turned out I wasn’t solving the technical alignment problem
There are useful impacts of alignment research other than solving the technical alignment problem
(As opposed to something more like “the main thing you should work on is ‘make alignment legit’”.)
(Also I’m glad to hear my comments are useful (or at least influential), thanks for letting me know!)