Other than that there are some parallels to AI boxing, no, I don’t know why they need those.
Oh, sorry for being excessively brief then. SingInst would want to know how likely various form of existential risk are so they know how likely it is that humanity will survive for X years without FAI. There are various trade-offs that would need to be made differently depending on how urgent things are.
That’s also possible (to ensure; they don’t want to break it). I don’t think they can do that much for those problems at the present stage. If they barely have time to publish work on the singularity, it probably isn’t a good idea to spend marginal effort on trying to change bio-security policy.
Why bother? Humor is worth it sometimes, when it is really funny, but when someone tries to be funny and isn’t, it’s useless at best, most often confusing, and harmful at worst.
Just because YOU didn’t find it funny doesn’t mean nobody will, and this joke is fairly harmless. It’s mainly in saying something that’s actually true in a sarcastic way that implies the opposite is being meant, when in fact it isn’t.
I find it kind of amusing that SIAI, a non-profit organization, is looking for experts on “non-profit development and tax compliance”. This implies certain… uncertainties… regarding their current level of tax compliance.
In all seriousness, I once took it for granted that, assuming perfect good faith and honesty on the part of the filer, and assuming perfectly complete and accurate records, there would automatically be one precise and correct figure for the amount of (say) income tax to be filed, at least in theory. Since that time, I have learned that, while arithmetic may be straightforward, within the tax code and even within generally accepted accounting principles, there are always huge areas of ambiguity, even for the average person filing a 1040EZ.
By the same reasoning, obviously SIAI is only asking for computer security experts because they’re running their website on PHP3 on XP SP1 with no firewall.
No, wait, that doesn’t make sense at all. People often employ experts on whatever to maintain or improve their current level of whatever, not merely because they are grossly deficient in whatever.
By the same reasoning, obviously SIAI is only asking for computer security experts because they’re running their website on PHP3 on XP SP1 with no firewall.
Nah, they’re just running an AI on a laptop, with no security other than having taken out the fan so it overheats whenever it attempts to download instructions for Anthrax.
But now it managed to break loose and send some weird orders to protein synthesis companies. And there was that long, heartfelt chat with a bunch of high ranking US Army officers. Hence the need for experts on nuclear security, bio-security and disease control.
Speaking from experience: non-profit tax compliance is an inherently uncertain area. (And, no, I’m not an expert on anything but various ways to not do it.)
No, it doesn’t; even if they already had someone doing a good job ensuring tax compliance, it would still be a good idea to solicit further expertise. It just implies that they would like to have as many resources as possible to help them be tax-compliant in the future.
… Well that list sure is calming. No reason to worry or freak out about those experts being needed. Nope.
What? The only thing even slightly worrying would be nuclear security, bio-security, and disease control, but we know why they want those experts.
Other than that there are some parallels to AI boxing, no, I don’t know why they need those.
Also, the law and military processes. Computer security can also be seen as threatening even if the use is obvious.
But yea, mostly I were joking.
Oh, sorry for being excessively brief then. SingInst would want to know how likely various form of existential risk are so they know how likely it is that humanity will survive for X years without FAI. There are various trade-offs that would need to be made differently depending on how urgent things are.
Oh. I though they meant experts of how to ensure (or break....) it, not of how good it is in general worldwide.
That’s also possible (to ensure; they don’t want to break it). I don’t think they can do that much for those problems at the present stage. If they barely have time to publish work on the singularity, it probably isn’t a good idea to spend marginal effort on trying to change bio-security policy.
Why bother? Humor is worth it sometimes, when it is really funny, but when someone tries to be funny and isn’t, it’s useless at best, most often confusing, and harmful at worst.
Just because YOU didn’t find it funny doesn’t mean nobody will, and this joke is fairly harmless. It’s mainly in saying something that’s actually true in a sarcastic way that implies the opposite is being meant, when in fact it isn’t.
Harmless in the individual case, but snarkiness really degrades communities over time.
I find it kind of amusing that SIAI, a non-profit organization, is looking for experts on “non-profit development and tax compliance”. This implies certain… uncertainties… regarding their current level of tax compliance.
In all seriousness, I once took it for granted that, assuming perfect good faith and honesty on the part of the filer, and assuming perfectly complete and accurate records, there would automatically be one precise and correct figure for the amount of (say) income tax to be filed, at least in theory. Since that time, I have learned that, while arithmetic may be straightforward, within the tax code and even within generally accepted accounting principles, there are always huge areas of ambiguity, even for the average person filing a 1040EZ.
By the same reasoning, obviously SIAI is only asking for computer security experts because they’re running their website on PHP3 on XP SP1 with no firewall.
No, wait, that doesn’t make sense at all. People often employ experts on whatever to maintain or improve their current level of whatever, not merely because they are grossly deficient in whatever.
Nah, they’re just running an AI on a laptop, with no security other than having taken out the fan so it overheats whenever it attempts to download instructions for Anthrax.
But now it managed to break loose and send some weird orders to protein synthesis companies. And there was that long, heartfelt chat with a bunch of high ranking US Army officers. Hence the need for experts on nuclear security, bio-security and disease control.
Speaking from experience: non-profit tax compliance is an inherently uncertain area.
(And, no, I’m not an expert on anything but various ways to not do it.)
No, it doesn’t; even if they already had someone doing a good job ensuring tax compliance, it would still be a good idea to solicit further expertise. It just implies that they would like to have as many resources as possible to help them be tax-compliant in the future.