It seems like all of those points are of the form “you could do better alignment work if you didn’t worry about profits”. Which is definitely true. But only if you have some other source of funding. Since alignment work is funding-constrained, that mostly isn’t true.
So, what’s the alternative? Work a day job and work nights on alignment?
It seems like all of those points are of the form “you could do better alignment work if you didn’t worry about profits”. Which is definitely true. But only if you have some other source of funding. Since alignment work is funding-constrained, that mostly isn’t true.
So, what’s the alternative? Work a day job and work nights on alignment?