This post was actually quite elightening, and felt more immediately helpful for me in understanding the AI X-risk case than any other single document. I think that’s because while other articles on AI risk can seem kind of abstract, this one considers concretely what kind of organization would be required for navigating around alignment issues, in the mildly inconvenient world where alignment is not solved without some deliberate effort, which put me firmly into near-mode.
This post was actually quite elightening, and felt more immediately helpful for me in understanding the AI X-risk case than any other single document. I think that’s because while other articles on AI risk can seem kind of abstract, this one considers concretely what kind of organization would be required for navigating around alignment issues, in the mildly inconvenient world where alignment is not solved without some deliberate effort, which put me firmly into near-mode.