because having a higher income makes a person more effective and influential and we want the people concerned enough about about AI safety to read this thread of conversation to be effective and influential.
This seems like a copout; in order to be effective and influential, you have to be doing something to solve the problem. Instead of just saying “me making money shortening timelines is fine, because I’m one of the ‘Good People’ who is ‘Aware of the Problem’”, donate a chunk of income to serious alignment research or AI governance outreach. If you’re doing something as indirect as compiler development, then even a 1% token is probably net positive.
This seems like a copout; in order to be effective and influential, you have to be doing something to solve the problem. Instead of just saying “me making money shortening timelines is fine, because I’m one of the ‘Good People’ who is ‘Aware of the Problem’”, donate a chunk of income to serious alignment research or AI governance outreach. If you’re doing something as indirect as compiler development, then even a 1% token is probably net positive.