I presumed that “AI alignment” was being used as a shorthand for x-risks from AI but I didn’t think of that. I’m not aware either that anyone from the rationality community I’ve seen express this kind of statement really meant for AI alignment to mean all x-risks from AI. That’s my mistake. I’ll presume they’re referring to only the control problem and edit my post to clarify that.
As I understand it, s-risks are a sub-class of x-risks, as an existential risk is not only an extinction risk but any risk of the future trajectory of Earth-originating intelligence being permanently and irreversibly altered for the worse.
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I presumed that “AI alignment” was being used as a shorthand for x-risks from AI but I didn’t think of that. I’m not aware either that anyone from the rationality community I’ve seen express this kind of statement really meant for AI alignment to mean all x-risks from AI. That’s my mistake. I’ll presume they’re referring to only the control problem and edit my post to clarify that.
As I understand it, s-risks are a sub-class of x-risks, as an existential risk is not only an extinction risk but any risk of the future trajectory of Earth-originating intelligence being permanently and irreversibly altered for the worse.