“POC || GTFO culture” need not be literal, and generally cannot be when speculating about future technologies. I wouldn’t even want a proof-of-concept misaligned superintelligence!
Nonetheless, I think the field has been improved by an increasing emphasis on empiricism and demonstrations over the last two years, in technical research, in governance research, and in advocacy. I’d still like to see more carefully caveating of claims for which we have arguments but not evidence, and it’s useful to have a short handle for that idea—“POC || admit you’re unsure”, perhaps?
“POC || GTFO culture” need not be literal, and generally cannot be when speculating about future technologies. I wouldn’t even want a proof-of-concept misaligned superintelligence!
Nonetheless, I think the field has been improved by an increasing emphasis on empiricism and demonstrations over the last two years, in technical research, in governance research, and in advocacy. I’d still like to see more carefully caveating of claims for which we have arguments but not evidence, and it’s useful to have a short handle for that idea—“POC || admit you’re unsure”, perhaps?