For this to matter, our alignment researchers need to be at the cutting edge of AI capabilities, and they need to be positioned such that their work can actually be incorporated into AI systems as they are deployed.
If we become aware that a lab will likely deploy TAI soon, other informed actors will probably become aware as well. This implies that many people would be trying to influence and gain access to this lab. Therefore, we should already have AI alignment researchers in positions of power within the lab before this happens.
If we become aware that a lab will likely deploy TAI soon, other informed actors will probably become aware as well. This implies that many people would be trying to influence and gain access to this lab. Therefore, we should already have AI alignment researchers in positions of power within the lab before this happens.
Strong agree.