Sure, that’s clear of course. I’m distinguishing between the organisation and “people at” the organisation. It’s possible for an organisation’s path to be very hard to change due to incentives, regardless of the views of the members of that organisation.
So doubting the possibility of changing an organisation’s path doesn’t necessarily imply doubting the possibility of changing the minds of the people currently leading/working-at that organisation.
[ETA—I’ll edit to clarify; I now see why it was misleading]
In context I thought it was clear that DeepMind is an example of an “other AI organization”, i.e. other than MIRI.
Sure, that’s clear of course.
I’m distinguishing between the organisation and “people at” the organisation.
It’s possible for an organisation’s path to be very hard to change due to incentives, regardless of the views of the members of that organisation.
So doubting the possibility of changing an organisation’s path doesn’t necessarily imply doubting the possibility of changing the minds of the people currently leading/working-at that organisation.
[ETA—I’ll edit to clarify; I now see why it was misleading]