I haven’t seen that your approach nor Paul’s necessarily conflicts with that of MIRI’s. There may be some difference of opinion on which is more likely to be feasible, but seeing as how Paul works closely with MIRI researchers and they seem to have a favorable opinion of him, I would be surprised if it were really true that OpenPhil’s technical advisors were that pessimistic about MIRI’s prospects. If they aren’t that pessimistic, then it would imply Holden is acting somewhat against the advice of his advisors, or that he has strong priors against MIRI that were not overcome by the information he was receiving from them.
I haven’t seen that your approach nor Paul’s necessarily conflicts with that of MIRI’s. There may be some difference of opinion on which is more likely to be feasible, but seeing as how Paul works closely with MIRI researchers and they seem to have a favorable opinion of him, I would be surprised if it were really true that OpenPhil’s technical advisors were that pessimistic about MIRI’s prospects. If they aren’t that pessimistic, then it would imply Holden is acting somewhat against the advice of his advisors, or that he has strong priors against MIRI that were not overcome by the information he was receiving from them.