This is a good post and puts into words the reasons for some vague worries I had about an idea of trying to start an “AI Risk Club” at my local college, which I talk about here. Perhaps that method of public outreach on this issue would just end up generating more heat than light and would attract the wrong kind of attention at the current moment. It still sounds too outlandishly sci-fi for most people. It is probably better, for the time being, to just explore AI risk issues with any students who happen to be interested in it in private after class or via e-mail or Zoom.
This is a good post and puts into words the reasons for some vague worries I had about an idea of trying to start an “AI Risk Club” at my local college, which I talk about here. Perhaps that method of public outreach on this issue would just end up generating more heat than light and would attract the wrong kind of attention at the current moment. It still sounds too outlandishly sci-fi for most people. It is probably better, for the time being, to just explore AI risk issues with any students who happen to be interested in it in private after class or via e-mail or Zoom.