We circulated a document about the project to various groups in the field, and invited people from OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, Open Philanthropy, FTX Future Fund, ARC, and MIRI, as well as some independent researchers to participate in the discussions.
Is this a complete set of the organizations you reached out to? Because, given this...
People from ARC, DeepMind, and OpenAI, as well as one independent researcher agreed to participate.
Most people we were in touch with were very interested in participating. However, after checking with their own organizations, many returned saying their organizations would not approve them sharing their positions publicly.
...the implication is that, of the researchers you reached out to at {Anthropic, OpenPhil, FTX FF, MIRI}, those who expressed interest were unable to participate because their organization wouldn’t let them share their (individual? organizational?) opinions publicly? This is quite surprising! Is there any more detail you can share here, such as the specific concerns expressed?
People from OpenPhil, FTX FF and MIRI were not interested in discussing at the time. We also talked with MIRI about moderating, but it didn’t work out in the end.
People from Anthropic told us their organization is very strict on public communications, and very wary of PR risks, so they did not participate in the end.
In the post I over generalized to not go into full details.
Is this a complete set of the organizations you reached out to? Because, given this...
...the implication is that, of the researchers you reached out to at {Anthropic, OpenPhil, FTX FF, MIRI}, those who expressed interest were unable to participate because their organization wouldn’t let them share their (individual? organizational?) opinions publicly? This is quite surprising! Is there any more detail you can share here, such as the specific concerns expressed?
People from OpenPhil, FTX FF and MIRI were not interested in discussing at the time. We also talked with MIRI about moderating, but it didn’t work out in the end.
People from Anthropic told us their organization is very strict on public communications, and very wary of PR risks, so they did not participate in the end.
In the post I over generalized to not go into full details.