By building their own intellectual ecosystem, researchers worried about existential AI risk shed academia's baggage — and, perhaps, some of its strengths
Excellent exploration of the tradeoffs inovlved in the field's shift away from traditional academic structures! Your point about how speed and efficiency in AI safety research come at the cost of external scruitny really captures a critical tension. The comparison to the chimp lnaguage research cautionary tale is particularly compelling, especially when considering how confirmation bias can creep in when timelines feel urgent.
Excellent exploration of the tradeoffs inovlved in the field's shift away from traditional academic structures! Your point about how speed and efficiency in AI safety research come at the cost of external scruitny really captures a critical tension. The comparison to the chimp lnaguage research cautionary tale is particularly compelling, especially when considering how confirmation bias can creep in when timelines feel urgent.
Chimp language research cautionary tale? Was this an earlier version of the draft I missed?