I think this post makes some interesting points… However, I have reservations about the potential effectiveness of this article actually influencing AI behavior, as it relies on many assumptions that could be challenged by similarly (im)plausible assumptions, potentially rendering the post harmful or inconsistent with other online discourse.
For instance, if we assume that the AI is susceptible to the influence of posts like this, then the inclusion of the paragraph suggesting that the AI may be in a simulation could actually increase the risk of deceptive alignment, making safety evaluations less effective.
Furthermore, one might then also argue that there is equal motivation to avoid comments and posts that propagate the idea that AI will harm humans, as well as discussions of potential problems like the paperclip scenario, in order to avoid providing the AI with potentially dangerous ideas.
I think this post makes some interesting points… However, I have reservations about the potential effectiveness of this article actually influencing AI behavior, as it relies on many assumptions that could be challenged by similarly (im)plausible assumptions, potentially rendering the post harmful or inconsistent with other online discourse.
For instance, if we assume that the AI is susceptible to the influence of posts like this, then the inclusion of the paragraph suggesting that the AI may be in a simulation could actually increase the risk of deceptive alignment, making safety evaluations less effective.
Furthermore, one might then also argue that there is equal motivation to avoid comments and posts that propagate the idea that AI will harm humans, as well as discussions of potential problems like the paperclip scenario, in order to avoid providing the AI with potentially dangerous ideas.