Thinking about this post for a bit shifted my view of Elon Musk a bit. He gets flack for calling for an AI pause, and then going and starting an AGI lab, and I now think that’s unfair.
I think his overall strategic takes are harmful, but I do credit him with being basically the only would-be AGI-builder who seems to me to be engaged in a reformative hypocrisy strategy. For one thing, it sounds like he went out of his way to try to get AI regulated (talking to congress, talking to the governors), and supported SB-1047.
I think it’s actually not that unreasonable to shout “Yo! This is dangerous! This should be regulated, and controlled democratically!”, see that that’s not happening, and then go and try do it in a way that you think is better.
That seems like possibly an example of “follower-conditional leadership.” Taking real action to shift to the better equilibrium, failing, and then going back to the dominant strategy given the inadequate equilibrium that exists.
Obviously he has different beliefs than I do, and than my culture does, about what is required for a good outcome. I think he’s still causing vast harms, but I think he doesn’t deserve the eye-roll for founding another AGI lab after calling for everyone to stop.
Thinking about this post for a bit shifted my view of Elon Musk a bit. He gets flack for calling for an AI pause, and then going and starting an AGI lab, and I now think that’s unfair.
I think his overall strategic takes are harmful, but I do credit him with being basically the only would-be AGI-builder who seems to me to be engaged in a reformative hypocrisy strategy. For one thing, it sounds like he went out of his way to try to get AI regulated (talking to congress, talking to the governors), and supported SB-1047.
I think it’s actually not that unreasonable to shout “Yo! This is dangerous! This should be regulated, and controlled democratically!”, see that that’s not happening, and then go and try do it in a way that you think is better.
That seems like possibly an example of “follower-conditional leadership.” Taking real action to shift to the better equilibrium, failing, and then going back to the dominant strategy given the inadequate equilibrium that exists.
Obviously he has different beliefs than I do, and than my culture does, about what is required for a good outcome. I think he’s still causing vast harms, but I think he doesn’t deserve the eye-roll for founding another AGI lab after calling for everyone to stop.