Can you explain more about why you think that these papers are low quality? Is it just a matter of lack of originality? Personally, I think this is a perspective that can be steelmanned pretty effectively, and gets unfairly disregarded because it’s too simple or something like that. I think it’s worth engaging with this perspective in depth because (a) I think it’s pretty likely there’s a solution to friendliness there and (b) even if there isn’t, a very clear explanation of why (which anticipates as many counterarguments as possible) could be a very useful recruiting tool.
Can you explain more about why you think that these papers are low quality? Is it just a matter of lack of originality? Personally, I think this is a perspective that can be steelmanned pretty effectively, and gets unfairly disregarded because it’s too simple or something like that. I think it’s worth engaging with this perspective in depth because (a) I think it’s pretty likely there’s a solution to friendliness there and (b) even if there isn’t, a very clear explanation of why (which anticipates as many counterarguments as possible) could be a very useful recruiting tool.