What are the most important and overlooked problems to be working on right now? Alignment is getting a lot of attention these days, so the marginal impact of working on it might be lower at the moment. But I think there are still plenty of big, unanswered questions about what happens if alignment goes well. For example, how would democratic voting procedures adapt if we had digital beings that could replicate endlessly? That’s just one case, but I’d love to hear other ideas—what important problems aren’t getting enough focus right now?
What are the most important and overlooked problems to be working on right now? Alignment is getting a lot of attention these days, so the marginal impact of working on it might be lower at the moment. But I think there are still plenty of big, unanswered questions about what happens if alignment goes well. For example, how would democratic voting procedures adapt if we had digital beings that could replicate endlessly? That’s just one case, but I’d love to hear other ideas—what important problems aren’t getting enough focus right now?