I think these are great counterpoints. Thanks for making them.
I still buy “the helicopter parent ‘outer alignment’ training regime is unwise for ‘aligning’ kids” and that deliberate parenting is better than chance. But possibly/probably not the primary factor. I haven’t yet read much data here so my views feel relatively unconstrained, beyond my “common sense.”
I think there’s an additional consideration with AI, though: We control the reward circuitry. If lots of variance in kid-alignment is due to genetic variation in reward circuitry or learning hyperparameters or whatever, then we also control that with AI, that is also part of understanding AI inductive biases.
I think these are great counterpoints. Thanks for making them.
I still buy “the helicopter parent ‘outer alignment’ training regime is unwise for ‘aligning’ kids” and that deliberate parenting is better than chance. But possibly/probably not the primary factor. I haven’t yet read much data here so my views feel relatively unconstrained, beyond my “common sense.”
I think there’s an additional consideration with AI, though: We control the reward circuitry. If lots of variance in kid-alignment is due to genetic variation in reward circuitry or learning hyperparameters or whatever, then we also control that with AI, that is also part of understanding AI inductive biases.