If halving the annual R&D of the global AI industry is equivalent to doubling the length of time before AGI, then I think that would be substantially more valuable than doubling the number of people working on alignment. I don’t think “grow alignment researchers by X” and “lengthen timelines by X” are equally valuable.
If halving the annual R&D of the global AI industry is equivalent to doubling the length of time before AGI, then I think that would be substantially more valuable than doubling the number of people working on alignment. I don’t think “grow alignment researchers by X” and “lengthen timelines by X” are equally valuable.