"but little or no scientific work to be done."
Quite a lot has been written about what scientific work needs to be done. These papers try to summarize possible research directions:
Quite a lot has been written about what scientific work needs to be done. These papers try to summarize possible research directions:
But for AGI (which is what Tegmark talks about), there's no good way to get a handle on safety yet (other than working towards figuring out AGI).
As for MIRI's agenda, I don't buy that it will help with AGI safety at all. There are a variety of reasons for that, some of which are discussed in the piece I linked above.