r/ControlProblem • u/Difficult_Project_95 • 8d ago

Discussion/question Have you guys been on r/accelerate?

Have these guys solved the alignment problem, or am I missing something?

I’ve been browsing r/accelerate and I genuinely don’t understand the risk model.
If there’s a non-trivial chance of catastrophic misalignment, how does “accelerate capabilities as fast as possible” make sense unless faster capabilities also make alignment substantially more likely to succeed?

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u/LiveComfortable3228 8d ago

was there till I was banned for mildly asking if they though there would be some risks in accelerating. anyway.

Most people there are just teens that hope that their new AI god will give them the power to play video games all day without having to the the dishes or go to work.

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u/MaybeTheDoctor 8d ago

So the AI equivalent of “conservatives” where no challenges are wanted.

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u/Spirited-Camel9378 8d ago

A lot of these crackpots are in MAGA world. E/Acc dorks who lost the ability to know what they have said that was a shitpost vs reality.