yanni kyriacos
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Creating superintelligent artificial agents without a worldwide referendum is ethically unjustifiable. Until a consensus is reached on whether to bring into existence such technology, a global moratorium is required (n.b. we already have AGI).
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"Is it true that OpenAI has claimed that they aren't making anything dangerous and aren't likely to do so in the future? Where have they said this?"
Related > AFAICT they've also never said "We're aiming to make the thing that has a substantial chance of causing the end of humanity". I think that is a far more important point.
There are two obvious ways to be dishonest: tell a lie or not tell the truth. This falls into the latter category.
Two jobs in AI Safety Advocacy that AFAICT don't exist, but should and probably will very soon. Will EAs be the first to create them though? There is a strong first mover advantage waiting for someone -
1. Volunteer Coordinator - there will soon be a groundswell from the general population wanting to have a positive impact in AI. Most won't know how to. A volunteer manager will help capture and direct their efforts positively, for example, by having them write emails to politicians
2. Partnerships Manager - the President of the Voice Actors guild reached out to me recently. We had a very surprising number of cross over in concerns and potential solutions. Voice Actors are the canary in the coal mine. More unions (etc) will follow very shortly. I imagine within 1 year there will be a formalised group of these different orgs advocating together.
I'd be extremely interested to learn why people dislike this comment so much :)