Does this cartoon basically define impact as “affecting something”? Because then I’d say that’s not what I’m referring to with impact in the context of AI Safety. I mean something like “reduce probability of existentially bad outcomes”
I mean something like “reduce probability of existentially bad outcomes”
I tend to take a grantmaker’s cost-effectiveness-oriented perspective; Eric Neyman’s CEA of donating to Alex Bores and Zach Stein-Perlman’s BOTEC style are my own go-to references for the sort of concreteness I wish other people publicly did more of. I’d be interested in future posts in your series expanding on the quoted part, and how they compare/contrast with Eric & Zach’s.
What do you think of Alex Turner’s reframing of impact? Basically this:
Does this cartoon basically define impact as “affecting something”? Because then I’d say that’s not what I’m referring to with impact in the context of AI Safety. I mean something like “reduce probability of existentially bad outcomes”
I tend to take a grantmaker’s cost-effectiveness-oriented perspective; Eric Neyman’s CEA of donating to Alex Bores and Zach Stein-Perlman’s BOTEC style are my own go-to references for the sort of concreteness I wish other people publicly did more of. I’d be interested in future posts in your series expanding on the quoted part, and how they compare/contrast with Eric & Zach’s.