A note about differential technological development — LessWrong
Quick note: I occasionally run into arguments of the form "my research advances capabilities, but it advances alignment more than it advances capabil…
x A note about differential technological development — LessWrong 2022 MIRI Alignment Discussion AI Curated 200 A note about differential technological development by So8res 15th Jul 2022 AI Alignment Forum 7 min read 34 200 Ω 67 Quick note: I occasionally run into arguments of the form "my research advances capabilities, but it advances alignment more than it advances capabilities, so it's good on net". I do not buy this argument, and think that in most such cases, this sort of research does more harm than good. (Cf. differential technological development .) For a simplified version of my mod
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