This depends on how much you trust the actors involved.
I know that me and Remmelt asked for an honest evaluation, and did not try to influence the result. But you don’t know this.
Me and Remmelt obviously believe in AISC, otherwise we would not keep running these programs. But since AISC has been chronically understaffed (like most non-profit initiatives) we have not had time to do a proper follow-up study. When we asked Arb to do this assessment, it was in large part to test our own believes. So far nothing surprising has came out of the investigation, which is reassuring. But if Arb found something bad, I would not want them to hide it.
Here’s some other evaluations of AISC (and other things) that where not commissioned by us. I think for both of them, they did not even talk to someone from AISC before posting, although for the second link, this was only due to miscommunication.
This depends on how much you trust the actors involved.
I know that me and Remmelt asked for an honest evaluation, and did not try to influence the result. But you don’t know this.
Me and Remmelt obviously believe in AISC, otherwise we would not keep running these programs. But since AISC has been chronically understaffed (like most non-profit initiatives) we have not had time to do a proper follow-up study. When we asked Arb to do this assessment, it was in large part to test our own believes. So far nothing surprising has came out of the investigation, which is reassuring. But if Arb found something bad, I would not want them to hide it.
Here’s some other evaluations of AISC (and other things) that where not commissioned by us. I think for both of them, they did not even talk to someone from AISC before posting, although for the second link, this was only due to miscommunication.
Takeaways from a survey on AI alignment resources — EA Forum (effectivealtruism.org)
Thoughts on AI Safety Camp — LessWrong