I think this division makes sense on a substantive level, and I guess I was confused by the naming and the ordering between 4 and 5. I would define “human safety problems” to include both short term and long term problems (just like “AI safety problems” includes short term and long term problems) so I’d put both 4 and 5 under “human safety problems” instead of just 4. I guess in my posts I mostly focused on long term problems since short term problems have already been widely recognized, but as far as naming, it seems strange to exclude short term problems from “human safety problems”. Also you wrote “They are listed roughly from most specific and actionable to most general” and 4 feels like a more general problem than 5 to me, although perhaps that’s arguable.
I think this division makes sense on a substantive level, and I guess I was confused by the naming and the ordering between 4 and 5. I would define “human safety problems” to include both short term and long term problems (just like “AI safety problems” includes short term and long term problems) so I’d put both 4 and 5 under “human safety problems” instead of just 4. I guess in my posts I mostly focused on long term problems since short term problems have already been widely recognized, but as far as naming, it seems strange to exclude short term problems from “human safety problems”. Also you wrote “They are listed roughly from most specific and actionable to most general” and 4 feels like a more general problem than 5 to me, although perhaps that’s arguable.