To be clear, I haven’t seen many designs that people I respect believed to have a chance of actually working. If you work on the alignment problem or at an AI lab and haven’t read Nate Soares’ On how various plans miss the hard bits of the alignment challenge, I’d suggest reading it.
Can you explain your definition of the sharp left turn and why it will cause many plans to fail?
At the time of me writing, this comment is still the most recommended comment with 910 recommendations. 2nd place has 877 recommendations:
3rd place has 790 recommendations:
4th place has 682 recommendations:
After that, 5th place has 529, 6th place has 390, and the rest have 350 or fewer.
My thoughts:
2nd place reminds me of Let’s think about slowing down AI. But I somewhat disagree with the comment, because I do sense that many people have a desire for cool new AI tech.
3rd place sounds silly since advanced AI could help with reducing climate change, poverty, and genetic disorders. I also wonder if this commenter knows about AlphaFold.
4th place seems important. But I think that even if AGI jobs offered lower compensation, there would still be a considerable number of workers interested in pursuing them.