Can you share any strong evidence that you’re an unusually trustworthy person in regard to confidential conversations? People would in fact be risking a lot by talking to you.
(This is sincere btw; I think this service should absolutely exist, but the best version of it is probably done by someone with a longstanding public reputation of circumspection.)
I trust Zach a lot and would be shocked if he maliciously or carelessly leaked info. I don’t believe he’s very experienced at handling confidential information, but I expect him to seek out advice as necessary and overall do a good job here. Happy to say more to anyone interested.
On the whistleblowing part, you should be able to get good advice without trusting me. It’s publicly known that Kelsey Piper plus iirc one or two of the ex-OpenAI folks are happy to talk to potential whistleblowers. I should figure out exactly who that is and put their (publicly verifiable) contact info in this post (and, note to self, clarify whether or in-what-domains I endorse their advice vs merely want to make salient that it’s available). Thanks.
[Oh, also ideally maybe I’d have a real system for anonymous communication.]
(On my-takes-on-lab-safety-stuff, it’s harder to substitute for talking-to-me but it’s much less risky; presumably talking to people-outside-the-lab about safety stuff is normal.)
Can you share any strong evidence that you’re an unusually trustworthy person in regard to confidential conversations? People would in fact be risking a lot by talking to you.
(This is sincere btw; I think this service should absolutely exist, but the best version of it is probably done by someone with a longstanding public reputation of circumspection.)
I trust Zach a lot and would be shocked if he maliciously or carelessly leaked info. I don’t believe he’s very experienced at handling confidential information, but I expect him to seek out advice as necessary and overall do a good job here. Happy to say more to anyone interested.
Good question.
I can’t really make this legible, no.
On the whistleblowing part, you should be able to get good advice without trusting me. It’s publicly known that Kelsey Piper plus iirc one or two of the ex-OpenAI folks are happy to talk to potential whistleblowers. I should figure out exactly who that is and put their (publicly verifiable) contact info in this post (and, note to self, clarify whether or in-what-domains I endorse their advice vs merely want to make salient that it’s available). Thanks.
[Oh, also ideally maybe I’d have a real system for anonymous communication.]
(On my-takes-on-lab-safety-stuff, it’s harder to substitute for talking-to-me but it’s much less risky; presumably talking to people-outside-the-lab about safety stuff is normal.)