Am I correct to understand you as implying that “technical AI alignment researchers should primarily focus on other problems” (modulo qualifications)?
Kind of? I think it’s more like “these are indeed problems, and someone should focus on them, but I wouldn’t call it technical AI alignment” (and as a result, I wouldn’t call people working on them “technical AI alignment researchers”). For many of these problems, if I wanted to find people to work on them, I would not look for AI researchers (and instead look for economists, political theorists, etc).
Like, I kind of wish this document had been written without AI / AI safety researchers in mind.
Kind of? I think it’s more like “these are indeed problems, and someone should focus on them, but I wouldn’t call it technical AI alignment” (and as a result, I wouldn’t call people working on them “technical AI alignment researchers”). For many of these problems, if I wanted to find people to work on them, I would not look for AI researchers (and instead look for economists, political theorists, etc).
Like, I kind of wish this document had been written without AI / AI safety researchers in mind.