In defence of attempting unnatural or extreme strategies
As a response to Rob’s post, this sounds too me like it’s misunderstanding what he was pointing out. I don’t think he was pointing to weird ideas — I’m pretty sure he knows very well we need new ideas to solve alignment. What he was pointing out was people who are so panicked that they start discussing literal crimes or massive governance interventions that are incredibly hard to predict.
As a response to Rob’s post, this sounds too me like it’s misunderstanding what he was pointing out. I don’t think he was pointing to weird ideas — I’m pretty sure he knows very well we need new ideas to solve alignment. What he was pointing out was people who are so panicked that they start discussing literal crimes or massive governance interventions that are incredibly hard to predict.