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> this is a call for more people to enter the space

Part of my argument in the post is that we are in this space, even those of us who aren’t ML researchers, just by virtue of being part of the selection process that evaluates different AIs and decides when and where to apply them.

A bit more on that: https://muldoon.cloud/2023/10/29/ai-commandments.html

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I more mean we need more people placing attention in the direction of alignment. I definitely agree this extends well past researchers (I'd even argue past AI and ML[0]). It is a critical part of being an engineer, programmer, or whatever you want to call it.

You are completely right that we're all involved, but I'm not convinced we're all taking sufficient care to ensure we make alignment happen. That's what I'm trying to make a call of arms to. I believe you are as well, I just wanted to make it explicit that we need active participation, instead of simply passive.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Agreed - and this was definitely my intent with the blog post. If you only do Selection passively, you’re abdicating your ethical responsibilities to contribute to AI Alignment.

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