As someone who teaches undergraduates a bit about AI Safety/alignment in my economics of future technology course at Smith College I much prefer “AI safety” as the term is far clearer to people unfamiliar with the issues.
AI alignment is the term MIRI (among other actors in the field) ostensibly prefers to refer to the control problem instead of AI safety to distinguish it from other AI-related ethics or security issues because those other issues don’t constitute x-risks. Of course the extra jargon could be confusing for a large audience being exposed to AI safety and alignment concerns for the first time. In the case of introducing the field to prospective entrants into the field or students, keeping it simpler as you do may very easily be the better way to go.
As someone who teaches undergraduates a bit about AI Safety/alignment in my economics of future technology course at Smith College I much prefer “AI safety”
as the term is far clearer to people unfamiliar with the issues.
AI alignment is the term MIRI (among other actors in the field) ostensibly prefers to refer to the control problem instead of AI safety to distinguish it from other AI-related ethics or security issues because those other issues don’t constitute x-risks. Of course the extra jargon could be confusing for a large audience being exposed to AI safety and alignment concerns for the first time. In the case of introducing the field to prospective entrants into the field or students, keeping it simpler as you do may very easily be the better way to go.