It may be useful to wonder what brings people to AI research and what brings people to LessWrong/MIRI? I don’t want to pigeonhole people or stereotype but it could simply be the difference between entrepreneurs (market focused personal spheres) and researchers (field focused personal spheres). Yudkowksy in one interview even recommended paid competitions to solve alignment problems. Paid competitions with high dollar amount prizes could incentivize the separate spheres to comingle.
Very intriguing idea, thank you! Both reflecting on how people end up in these places (has me wonder how one might do qualitative and quantitative survey research to tickle that one out...), and the particular solution.
It may be useful to wonder what brings people to AI research and what brings people to LessWrong/MIRI? I don’t want to pigeonhole people or stereotype but it could simply be the difference between entrepreneurs (market focused personal spheres) and researchers (field focused personal spheres). Yudkowksy in one interview even recommended paid competitions to solve alignment problems. Paid competitions with high dollar amount prizes could incentivize the separate spheres to comingle.
Very intriguing idea, thank you! Both reflecting on how people end up in these places (has me wonder how one might do qualitative and quantitative survey research to tickle that one out...), and the particular solution.