"Lessons learned from talking to >100 academics about AI safety" by Marius Hobbhahn
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Why AI Safety Matters
There are many ways in which people can contribute if they want to. People know that doing AI safety research is a risk to their academic career. Most of the time, their current research is relatively far away from most AI safety research. Taking away this fear by showing avenues to combine AI safety with an academic career was often the thing that people cared most about. I think it's important to point this out in a nice way, whenever you spot this pattern. Usually, people don't actively want to fool themselves, but we sometimes do that as a consequence of our incentives and desires.
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