Before it was even clear it’d be this big a threat, I wrote: EA Should Wargame Coronavirus. Now I think there’s an even stronger argument for it.
I think that this offers us valuable experience in dealing with one plausible source of existential risk. We don’t want AI Safety people distracted from AI Safety, but at the same time I think the community will learn a lot by embarking on this project together.
Before it was even clear it’d be this big a threat, I wrote: EA Should Wargame Coronavirus. Now I think there’s an even stronger argument for it.
I think that this offers us valuable experience in dealing with one plausible source of existential risk. We don’t want AI Safety people distracted from AI Safety, but at the same time I think the community will learn a lot by embarking on this project together.