I’ve recently been thinking about how different researchers have wildly different conceptions of what needs to be done in order to solve alignment and what projects are net-positive.

I started making a list of core divisions;

• Empiricism vs conceptual research: Which is more valuable or do we need both?
• Take-off speeds: How fast will it be?
• Ultimate capability level: What level of intelligence will AI’s reach? How much of an advantage does this provide them?
• Offense-defense balance: Which has the advantage?
• Capabilities externalities: How bad are these?

Are there any obvious ones that I’ve missed?