Generalize this story across a whole field, and we end up with most of the field focused on things which are easy, regardless of whether those things are valuable.
I would say this problem plagues more than just alignment, it plagues all of science. Trying to do everything as a series of individual uncoordinated contributions with an authority on top acting only to filter based on approximate performance metrics has this effect.
I would say this problem plagues more than just alignment, it plagues all of science. Trying to do everything as a series of individual uncoordinated contributions with an authority on top acting only to filter based on approximate performance metrics has this effect.