Is there anyway we could contact Musk? I believe there is a nonzero chance that he could have an idea about what to do that has not yet been considered on LW, if for no other reason than he is a very intelligent outsider who seems to reason about everything from first principles.
I don’t think that LW is a good vehicle for this. Within MIRI’s interview experts series they could ask Musk. People at the head of MIRI or FHI might also reach out directly to Musk.
EY has tweeted to Elon, they’re aware of each other. Also Peter Thiel is a major MIRI donor and was a co-founder of PayPal with Elon (and an investor in many of his ventures). I’m pretty sure if EY wanted a backchannel (or a meeting with) Elon it would be easily obtained.
Nice, thanks. I’m willing to do it (I’ve actually never used G+ or Twitter before...). I would think though if there is a LW user who Musk might have actually heard of, say through the Superintelligence book, then that would be more likely to get a response. In other words, I think if Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote to Elon, that could be a good thing.
Do not spam high-status people. That’s a recipe for an ugh field. I’m pretty confident that Elon Musk is capable of navigating this terrain, including finding a competent guide if needed. He’s obviously read extensively on the topic, something that’s not possible to do without discovering MIRI and its proponents.
Who is talking about spamming anyone? You are completely missing my point. The goal is not to help Elon navigate the terrain. I know he can do that. The point is to humbly ask for his advice as to what we could be doing given his track record of good ideas in the past.
Do not spam high-status people, and do not communicate with high-status people in a transparent attempt to affiliate with them and claim some of their status for yourself.
No… I am interested in not dying. How you could read that out of my comment, especially when I suggested Eliezer do the contacting I have no idea.
Anyway, by the upvotes to your comment and Halfwitz’s comment it is clear that my values don’t align with those of LW’s so I guess I will be on my way…
Is there anyway we could contact Musk? I believe there is a nonzero chance that he could have an idea about what to do that has not yet been considered on LW, if for no other reason than he is a very intelligent outsider who seems to reason about everything from first principles.
I don’t think that LW is a good vehicle for this. Within MIRI’s interview experts series they could ask Musk. People at the head of MIRI or FHI might also reach out directly to Musk.
EY has tweeted to Elon, they’re aware of each other. Also Peter Thiel is a major MIRI donor and was a co-founder of PayPal with Elon (and an investor in many of his ventures). I’m pretty sure if EY wanted a backchannel (or a meeting with) Elon it would be easily obtained.
There is a Google+ profile and a @elonmusk Twitter account.
Nice, thanks. I’m willing to do it (I’ve actually never used G+ or Twitter before...). I would think though if there is a LW user who Musk might have actually heard of, say through the Superintelligence book, then that would be more likely to get a response. In other words, I think if Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote to Elon, that could be a good thing.
Do not spam high-status people. That’s a recipe for an ugh field. I’m pretty confident that Elon Musk is capable of navigating this terrain, including finding a competent guide if needed. He’s obviously read extensively on the topic, something that’s not possible to do without discovering MIRI and its proponents.
Who is talking about spamming anyone? You are completely missing my point. The goal is not to help Elon navigate the terrain. I know he can do that. The point is to humbly ask for his advice as to what we could be doing given his track record of good ideas in the past.
Do not spam high-status people, and do not communicate with high-status people in a transparent attempt to affiliate with them and claim some of their status for yourself.
No… I am interested in not dying. How you could read that out of my comment, especially when I suggested Eliezer do the contacting I have no idea.
Anyway, by the upvotes to your comment and Halfwitz’s comment it is clear that my values don’t align with those of LW’s so I guess I will be on my way…
Musk has joined the advisory board of FLI and CSER, which are younger sibling orgs of FHI and MIRI. He’s aware of the AI xrisk community.