Thanks. I think this is useful and I’m trying to think through who is in the upper left hand corner. Are there “AI researchers” or, more broadly, people who are part of the public conversation who believe (1) AI isn’t moving all that fast towards AGI and (2) that it’s not that risky?
I guess my initial reaction is that people in the upper left hand corner just generally think “AI is kind of not that big a deal” and that there are other societal problems to worry about. does that sound right? Any thoughts on who should be placed in the upper left?
Yeah, I think so. But since those people generally find AI less important (there’s both less of an upside and less of a downside) they generally participate less in the debate. Hence there’s a bit of a selection effect hiding those people.
Looking at the 2x2 I posted I wonder if you could call the lower left corner something relating to “non-existential risks”. That seems to capture their views. It might be hard to come up with a catch term, though.
The upper left corner could maybe be called “sceptics”.
Not exactly what you’re asking for, but maybe a 2x2 could be food for thought.
Thanks. I think this is useful and I’m trying to think through who is in the upper left hand corner. Are there “AI researchers” or, more broadly, people who are part of the public conversation who believe (1) AI isn’t moving all that fast towards AGI and (2) that it’s not that risky?
I guess my initial reaction is that people in the upper left hand corner just generally think “AI is kind of not that big a deal” and that there are other societal problems to worry about. does that sound right? Any thoughts on who should be placed in the upper left?
Yeah, I think so. But since those people generally find AI less important (there’s both less of an upside and less of a downside) they generally participate less in the debate. Hence there’s a bit of a selection effect hiding those people.
There are some people who arguably are in that corner who do participate in the debate, though—e.g. Robin Hanson. (He thinks some sort of AI will eventually be enormously important, but that the near-term effects, while significant, will not be at the level people on the right side think).
Looking at the 2x2 I posted I wonder if you could call the lower left corner something relating to “non-existential risks”. That seems to capture their views. It might be hard to come up with a catch term, though.
The upper left corner could maybe be called “sceptics”.