When I lived in Russia, I would occasionally go to a protest rally and get detained. One day I was sitting in a police station, waiting for my 3 hours to pass, and no one was paying attention to me. So I decided to try, what is going to happen if I get up and walk out? I walked out and no one stopped me. I tried that 4 times and it worked 3 times. No one bothers to guard detained protesters because no one bothers to try and escape.
I don’t know why everyone suddenly decided that alignment problem is “impossible”, Eliezer just said that it’s hard and he wants more help, preferably soon. It was a call for action, not a call to give up.
It’s possible that in convincing everyone it wasn’t trivial, he overshot and convinced many that it was impossible. Or maybe it actually is impossible. Certainly that’s how it feels to me. Additionally, it’s unclear HOW most of us can help or know if we’re helping—there’s no analog to “try walking out” that I can see.
By thinking about it yourself or donating to some org. I agree that it’s hard to know if you’re helping, and I don’t advocate donating if an org looks 99% likely to be scammy or useless.
When I lived in Russia, I would occasionally go to a protest rally and get detained. One day I was sitting in a police station, waiting for my 3 hours to pass, and no one was paying attention to me. So I decided to try, what is going to happen if I get up and walk out? I walked out and no one stopped me. I tried that 4 times and it worked 3 times. No one bothers to guard detained protesters because no one bothers to try and escape.
I don’t know why everyone suddenly decided that alignment problem is “impossible”, Eliezer just said that it’s hard and he wants more help, preferably soon. It was a call for action, not a call to give up.
It’s possible that in convincing everyone it wasn’t trivial, he overshot and convinced many that it was impossible. Or maybe it actually is impossible. Certainly that’s how it feels to me. Additionally, it’s unclear HOW most of us can help or know if we’re helping—there’s no analog to “try walking out” that I can see.
By thinking about it yourself or donating to some org. I agree that it’s hard to know if you’re helping, and I don’t advocate donating if an org looks 99% likely to be scammy or useless.