There are two factions working to prevent AI dangers. Here’s why they’re deeply divided.

The problem we have in AI right now is not that it’s getting too powerful, it’s that it’s not nearly powerful enough. Very little has changed thus far because of AI, and won’t until models get faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more “intelligent”. Building safe AI is insanely important, but any goal that is half in and half out of driving progress... See more

I strongly suspect a much deeper challenge has just presented itself to humanity. It increasingly feels like there is a deep conceptual and technical connection between the two domains that calls for careful research. It feels like AI and crypto are mathematical evil twins of sorts; that each is somehow deeply incomplete without the other. The mild... See more

There are two different elements to the problem of Alignment. Getting an AI to do the things we want, and being able to come to terms on what we actually want. We’ve gotta align the AI to the humans, and we also gotta align the humans to the other humans (both present and future). My idea takes from my experience in how DAOs and other mechanisms tr... See more