iamthouthouarti

I would like to see someone make the case for prosaic AI safety work being useful. From what I understand, the argument against looks something like “Current attempts at alignment are shallow, and only serve to paper over misaligned behaviors without addressing the underlying cause of that misalignment. This will...

From the view of someone who mostly has no clue what they are talking about (that person being me), I don’t understand why people working in AI safety seem to think that a successful alignment solution (as in, one that stops everyone from being killed or tortured) is something that...

To be clear, when I reference MIRI as being pessimistic, I’m mostly referring to the broad caricature of them that exists in my mind. I’m assuming that their collective arguments can be broken down into: 1.) There is no plan or workable strategy which helps us survive, and that this...

Or, what stops someone else from making their own AGI 1-6 months later that doesn’t play nice and ends the world?

I’d like to preface by saying that I am not an expert on AI by any means, nor am I remotely involved with any kind of research or studies relevant to ML. I have no insight regarding any of the technical or mathematical aspects of discussions about this technology, and...