This seems contrary to how much of science works. I expect if people stopped talking publicly about what they’re working on in alignment, we’d make much less progress, and capabilities would basically run business as usual.
The sort of reasoning you use here, and that my only response to it basically amounts to “well, no I think you’re wrong. This proposal will slow down alignment too much” is why I think we need numbers to ground us.
This seems contrary to how much of science works. I expect if people stopped talking publicly about what they’re working on in alignment, we’d make much less progress, and capabilities would basically run business as usual.
The sort of reasoning you use here, and that my only response to it basically amounts to “well, no I think you’re wrong. This proposal will slow down alignment too much” is why I think we need numbers to ground us.