The header image of Tao’s blog is a graph representing “flattening the curve” of the Covid-19 spread. One avenue for convincing elite talent that alignment is a problem is a media campaign that brings the problem of alignment into popular consciousness.
I have some ideas about how this might begin. “Educational” YouTuber CGP Grey, (5.2M subscribers) got talked into making a pair of videos advocating for anti-aging research by another large YouTuber, Kurzgesagt (18M subscribers). I’d bet that they could both be persuaded into making AI alignment videos.
Can you clarify what the term “Pascal-mugged” means in your comment?
From what I can tell, the main reason why CGP Grey made those videos was because he’s had a long-running desire to live to see the future. He’s talked about it in his podcast with Brady Haran and it’s hinted at in some of his older videos. I don’t think there was much more to it than that.
As for Kurzgesagt, I believe it was coordinated with Keith Comito, the president of lifespan.io. As for why they suddenly decided to coordinate with lifespan.io, I have little idea. However, since their video was launched with conjunction with CGP Grey, it’s possible that CGP Grey was the first one to bring it up, after which Kurzgesagt reached out to people who could help.
Grey’s 2014 video Humans Need Not Apply, about humans being skilled-out of the economy, was the first introduction for me and probably lots of other people to the idea that AI might cause problems. I’m sure he’d be up for making a video about alignment.
The header image of Tao’s blog is a graph representing “flattening the curve” of the Covid-19 spread. One avenue for convincing elite talent that alignment is a problem is a media campaign that brings the problem of alignment into popular consciousness.
I have some ideas about how this might begin. “Educational” YouTuber CGP Grey, (5.2M subscribers) got talked into making a pair of videos advocating for anti-aging research by another large YouTuber, Kurzgesagt (18M subscribers). I’d bet that they could both be persuaded into making AI alignment videos.
Can you clarify what the term “Pascal-mugged” means in your comment?
From what I can tell, the main reason why CGP Grey made those videos was because he’s had a long-running desire to live to see the future. He’s talked about it in his podcast with Brady Haran and it’s hinted at in some of his older videos. I don’t think there was much more to it than that.
As for Kurzgesagt, I believe it was coordinated with Keith Comito, the president of lifespan.io. As for why they suddenly decided to coordinate with lifespan.io, I have little idea. However, since their video was launched with conjunction with CGP Grey, it’s possible that CGP Grey was the first one to bring it up, after which Kurzgesagt reached out to people who could help.
Edited, poor choice.
I think they discuss it around here.
I think CGP Grey recommended Bostrom’s Superintelligence in a podcast once.
Edit: Source
Grey’s 2014 video Humans Need Not Apply, about humans being skilled-out of the economy, was the first introduction for me and probably lots of other people to the idea that AI might cause problems. I’m sure he’d be up for making a video about alignment.