It's been a while since, but from what I remember, my questions were generally in the same range as the framing highlighted by user seanrson's above! I've also heard objections from people who've felt that predictions about AGI from biological anchors don't understand the biology of a brain well enough to be making calculations. Ajeya herself even caveats "Technical advisor Paul Christiano originally proposed this way of thinking about brain computation; neither he nor I have a background in neuroscience and I have not attempted to talk to neuroscientists about this. To the extent that neuroscientists who talk about “brain computation” have a specific alternative definition of this in mind, this proposal may not line up well with their way of thinking about it; this might make it more hazardous to rely as much as I do on evidence Joe gathered from discussions with neuroscientists."
This is super cool research and it’s great that you all were able to conduct this survey!!
I think it’s great that you all renamed to survey so that it didn’t specifically attract people who looked for words like “effective” or “altruism” or “existential risk.”
I wasn’t anticipating releasing the list (in some part because people may try to pander to a certain judge’s background and in some part to allow myself and the judges more flexibility in adding people last second).
Sending some judge recommendations my way would be great! I think having a variety of readers would be helpful :) Thank you!
Thank you (both)!
It's been a while since, but from what I remember, my questions were generally in the same range as the framing highlighted by user seanrson's above!
I've also heard objections from people who've felt that predictions about AGI from biological anchors don't understand the biology of a brain well enough to be making calculations. Ajeya herself even caveats "Technical advisor Paul Christiano originally proposed this way of thinking about brain computation; neither he nor I have a background in neuroscience and I have not attempted to talk to neuroscientists about this. To the extent that neuroscientists who talk about “brain computation” have a specific alternative definition of this in mind, this proposal may not line up well with their way of thinking about it; this might make it more hazardous to rely as much as I do on evidence Joe gathered from discussions with neuroscientists."
Hi! Yes, I created a 6-week reading guide with discussion questions, quotes, recommended readings, and a "take action" section with more resources.
Thanks! I'll check it out and add it as a resource!
Thank you! I'm super glad to hear about modifications going wrong! I can make that more explicit on the website.
Should be fixed! Thank you!
Thank you!
This is super cool research and it’s great that you all were able to conduct this survey!!
I think it’s great that you all renamed to survey so that it didn’t specifically attract people who looked for words like “effective” or “altruism” or “existential risk.”
Sure :)
I wasn’t anticipating releasing the list (in some part because people may try to pander to a certain judge’s background and in some part to allow myself and the judges more flexibility in adding people last second).
Sending some judge recommendations my way would be great! I think having a variety of readers would be helpful :) Thank you!