The single most important thing we can do is to pause when the next model we train would be powerful enough to obsolete humans entirely. If it were up to me, I would slow down AI development starting now — and then later slow down even more.| Planned Obsolescence
If we can accurately recognize good performance on alignment, we could elicit lots of useful alignment work from our models, even if they're playing the training game.| Planned Obsolescence
If you thought we might be able to cure cancer in 2200, then I think you ought to expect there’s a good chance we can do it within years of the advent of AI systems that can do the research work humans can do.| Planned Obsolescence