Potential employees have a unique lever to influence the behaviors of AI labs
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People who have received and are considering an offer from an AI lab are in a uniquely good spot to influence the actions of that lab. People who care about AI safety and alignment often have things they wish labs would do. These could be requests about prioritizing alignment and safety (eg. having a sufficiently staffed alignment team, having a public and credible safety and alignment plan), good governance (eg. having a mission, board structure, and entity structure that allows safety and alignment to be prioritized), information security, or similar. This post by Holden goes through some
Potential employees have a unique lever to influence the behaviors of AI labs
Potential employees have a unique lever to…
Potential employees have a unique lever to influence the behaviors of AI labs
People who have received and are considering an offer from an AI lab are in a uniquely good spot to influence the actions of that lab. People who care about AI safety and alignment often have things they wish labs would do. These could be requests about prioritizing alignment and safety (eg. having a sufficiently staffed alignment team, having a public and credible safety and alignment plan), good governance (eg. having a mission, board structure, and entity structure that allows safety and alignment to be prioritized), information security, or similar. This post by Holden goes through some