I interpreted the question as something like “if nobody cares about safety and there isn’t a community that takes a special interest in it, will we be safe”. I don’t think it’s specifically this AI Alignment community solving it, it’s just that if nobody tries to solve the problem, the problem will stay unsolved.
Edit: And I do now see that I misinterpreted the question. Updated my second estimate downwards because of that. Thanks for pointing this out!
I interpreted the question as something like “if nobody cares about safety and there isn’t a community that takes a special interest in it, will we be safe”. I don’t think it’s specifically this AI Alignment community solving it, it’s just that if nobody tries to solve the problem, the problem will stay unsolved.
Edit: And I do now see that I misinterpreted the question. Updated my second estimate downwards because of that. Thanks for pointing this out!