Thanks; as someone who has struggled to respond productively to the “MIRI has given up” meme that is floating around, this is quite helpful and I appreciate the care taken.
There are things I like about the “MIRI has given up” meme, because maybe it will cause some people to up their game and start taking more ownership of the problem.
But it’s not true, and it’s not fair to the MIRI staff who are doing the same work they’ve been doing for years.
It’s not even fair to Nate or Eliezer personally, who have sorta temporarily given up on doing alignment work but (a) have not given up on trying to save the world, and (b) would go back to doing alignment work if they found an approach that seemed tractable to them.
Thanks; as someone who has struggled to respond productively to the “MIRI has given up” meme that is floating around, this is quite helpful and I appreciate the care taken.
+1. Thanks, Ray. :)
There are things I like about the “MIRI has given up” meme, because maybe it will cause some people to up their game and start taking more ownership of the problem.
But it’s not true, and it’s not fair to the MIRI staff who are doing the same work they’ve been doing for years.
It’s not even fair to Nate or Eliezer personally, who have sorta temporarily given up on doing alignment work but (a) have not given up on trying to save the world, and (b) would go back to doing alignment work if they found an approach that seemed tractable to them.