I’m still talking about the pandemic thing, not AI. If we’re “mostly on the same page” that publishing and publicizing the blog post (with a step-by-step recipe for making a deadly novel pandemic virus) is a bad idea, then I think you should edit your post, right?
Unfortunately, I lack the necessary karma to edit this post (or post a new one) for the next five days. I feel like I stand by what I wrote, as defended and clarified in the comments. My planned edits would mostly just be a discussion of the standard responsible disclosure policy that computer security researchers follow, and how I think it should be adapted in the light of anticipated planetary-scale impact.
So it seems like I’ve done what I am able to do for the moment. If you really think it’s setting a bad example or fundamentally misguided about something important, I would write your own post outlining points of agreement and disagreement, or I would wait five days for my karma to reset.
Thank you for your insightful comments, questions, and pushback. You’ve helped me clarify my internal models and reframe them into much more standard, sane-sounding arguments.
I’m still talking about the pandemic thing, not AI. If we’re “mostly on the same page” that publishing and publicizing the blog post (with a step-by-step recipe for making a deadly novel pandemic virus) is a bad idea, then I think you should edit your post, right?
Unfortunately, I lack the necessary karma to edit this post (or post a new one) for the next five days. I feel like I stand by what I wrote, as defended and clarified in the comments. My planned edits would mostly just be a discussion of the standard responsible disclosure policy that computer security researchers follow, and how I think it should be adapted in the light of anticipated planetary-scale impact.
So it seems like I’ve done what I am able to do for the moment. If you really think it’s setting a bad example or fundamentally misguided about something important, I would write your own post outlining points of agreement and disagreement, or I would wait five days for my karma to reset.
Thank you for your insightful comments, questions, and pushback. You’ve helped me clarify my internal models and reframe them into much more standard, sane-sounding arguments.
OK, I’ll add the stuff about responsible disclosure to the post. I agree that it’s a very important omission from my internal mental model of things.