I agree with this premise wholeheartedly (if I have understood it)! We often forget that in the emergence of AGI we have tools at our disposal that are able to move as quickly as these potentially malicious systems, to balance against them before they reach superintelligence. This is why previously I was against modern alignment methods as pushing potentially autonomous systems underground (something I still believe), until I realized the work they’re doing on looking inside the box is invaluable for helping us create these non-agentic tools. Along with non-agentic systems such as those being created by Yoshua Bengio, we have a number of interesting things at our disposal. In other words, we aren’t going into the battle against a potential malicious AGI wielding wooden clubs and wearing animal skins.
I agree with this premise wholeheartedly (if I have understood it)! We often forget that in the emergence of AGI we have tools at our disposal that are able to move as quickly as these potentially malicious systems, to balance against them before they reach superintelligence. This is why previously I was against modern alignment methods as pushing potentially autonomous systems underground (something I still believe), until I realized the work they’re doing on looking inside the box is invaluable for helping us create these non-agentic tools. Along with non-agentic systems such as those being created by Yoshua Bengio, we have a number of interesting things at our disposal. In other words, we aren’t going into the battle against a potential malicious AGI wielding wooden clubs and wearing animal skins.