Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation
by btrettel on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:00PM
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> they’re pretty much completely unrelated fields
Completely unrelated? Even you must accept that they are related through AI.
But, I now see that AI ethics and AI alignment are different. Thank you. However, I think my larger point still stands as I was thinking mostly about efforts under the banners of "AI safety" and "AI alignment" when I wrote my comments here. I do not believe these efforts are "neglected" in the sense 80,000 Hours uses.
Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation
by dotsam on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:54AM
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A miniscule fraction of global GDP going into preventing misaligned AI would always seem like neglect if you thought the end of the world was at stake.
Completely unrelated? Even you must accept that they are related through AI.
But, I now see that AI ethics and AI alignment are different. Thank you. However, I think my larger point still stands as I was thinking mostly about efforts under the banners of "AI safety" and "AI alignment" when I wrote my comments here. I do not believe these efforts are "neglected" in the sense 80,000 Hours uses.