I think an important thing to get people convinced of the importance of AI safety is to find proper “Gateway drug” ideas that already bother that person, so they are likely to accept this idea, and through it get interested in AI safety.
For example, if a person is concerned about the rights of minorities, you might tell them about how we don’t know how LLMs work, and this causes bias and discrimination, or how it will increase inequality.
If a person cares about privacy and is afraid of government surveillance, then you might tell them about how AI might make all these problems much worse.
I think an important thing to get people convinced of the importance of AI safety is to find proper “Gateway drug” ideas that already bother that person, so they are likely to accept this idea, and through it get interested in AI safety.
For example, if a person is concerned about the rights of minorities, you might tell them about how we don’t know how LLMs work, and this causes bias and discrimination, or how it will increase inequality.
If a person cares about privacy and is afraid of government surveillance, then you might tell them about how AI might make all these problems much worse.