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I think this post was underrated; I look back at it frequently: AI labs can boost external safety research. (It got some downvotes but no comments — let me know if it's wrong/bad.)

[Edit: it was at 15 karma.]

What do you think was underrated about it? I think when I read it I have some sort of "yeah, this makes sense" reaction but am not "wow'd" by it.

It seems like the deeper challenge is figuring out how to align incentives. Can we find a structure where labs want to EG give white-box access to a bunch of external researchers and give them a long time to red-team models while somehow also maintaining the independence of the white-box auditors? How do you avoid industry capture?

Same kinds of challenges come up with safety research– how do you give l... (read more)