The biggest risk from working there is just that making the safety team bigger makes more people think that Deepmind’s AI development will be safe, which seems really very far from the truth
It is the capability researchers in particular and their managers and funders that I worry will be lulled into a false sense of security by the presence of the safety team, not onlookers in general. When you make driving safer, e.g., by putting guardrails on a road, or you make driving appear (to the driver) to be safer, drivers react by taking more risks.
It is the capability researchers in particular and their managers and funders that I worry will be lulled into a false sense of security by the presence of the safety team, not onlookers in general. When you make driving safer, e.g., by putting guardrails on a road, or you make driving appear (to the driver) to be safer, drivers react by taking more risks.