Asking him is like asking Mach about planes in 1900. Or Rutherford about atomic bomb in 1930.
The point about “asking” is to make those people think about risks from AI, without implying that they are wrong or should know better. Who else but me can do this without appearing to be sneaky? I am honestly interested in their answers. And if, for some reason, I give a negative impression, you can always say that I am not associated with the SIAI, critical of LW and don’t understand the important arguments. A mission with plausible deniability (well, it’s more than plausible, it’s true ;-).
The point about “asking” is to make those people think about risks from AI, without implying that they are wrong or should know better. Who else but me can do this without appearing to be sneaky? I am honestly interested in their answers.
It still looks a bit sneaky—if you publicly ’fess up in the comments here!
The point about “asking” is to make those people think about risks from AI, without implying that they are wrong or should know better. Who else but me can do this without appearing to be sneaky? I am honestly interested in their answers. And if, for some reason, I give a negative impression, you can always say that I am not associated with the SIAI, critical of LW and don’t understand the important arguments. A mission with plausible deniability (well, it’s more than plausible, it’s true ;-).
It still looks a bit sneaky—if you publicly ’fess up in the comments here!