Barnett is talking about what GPT-4 can do. GPT-4 is not a superintelligence. Quotes about what superintelligence can do are not relevant.
Where does Barnett say “AI is good at NLP, therefore alignment is easy”? I don’t see that claim.
Evidence that MIRI believed “X is hard” is not relevant when discussing whether MIRI believed “Y is hard”. Many things are hard about AI Alignment.
Barnett is talking about what GPT-4 can do. GPT-4 is not a superintelligence. Quotes about what superintelligence can do are not relevant.
Where does Barnett say “AI is good at NLP, therefore alignment is easy”? I don’t see that claim.
Evidence that MIRI believed “X is hard” is not relevant when discussing whether MIRI believed “Y is hard”. Many things are hard about AI Alignment.