I have a recommendation: set the focus of the discussion to be “how do we make near-mode progress on far-mode problems?”
Just to prime you on the sort of things I’d expect to come up:
“discussion of abstract concepts”. Many of us feel we already do too much of this, comparatively speaking.
“identify measurable goods produced by orgs like SI or FHI”. We can’t directly measure xrisk, but we can measure things like papers produced or awareness-generating media coverage.
“get expert opinion on the value of these goods” and see how wide the spread of opinion is.
“build good relationships with experts” , try and find out what’s really going on inside their minds and where the core disagreements come from.
“build a consensus on guidelines for rational debate”
Just to be clear, those points aren’t a suggested agenda for a meeting but rather they’re an example of what I’d expect to come out of a meeting—a list of points that a researcher could conceivably start working on tomorrow, and which (while they don’t directly address the main issues) would seem to be aimed at directly tackling relevant stuff.
I have a recommendation: set the focus of the discussion to be “how do we make near-mode progress on far-mode problems?”
Just to prime you on the sort of things I’d expect to come up:
“discussion of abstract concepts”. Many of us feel we already do too much of this, comparatively speaking.
“identify measurable goods produced by orgs like SI or FHI”. We can’t directly measure xrisk, but we can measure things like papers produced or awareness-generating media coverage.
“get expert opinion on the value of these goods” and see how wide the spread of opinion is.
“build good relationships with experts” , try and find out what’s really going on inside their minds and where the core disagreements come from.
“build a consensus on guidelines for rational debate”
Just to be clear, those points aren’t a suggested agenda for a meeting but rather they’re an example of what I’d expect to come out of a meeting—a list of points that a researcher could conceivably start working on tomorrow, and which (while they don’t directly address the main issues) would seem to be aimed at directly tackling relevant stuff.