Scott Alexander challenges AI pause proposal with Hell analogy
Scott Alexander critiques econblogger Nicholas Decker's skepticism of AI 2040's alignment pause, arguing alignment research is like aviation safety—iterative patching, not a grand theory. He challenges Decker with a thought experiment: would his approach work if he were enslaved by slower but numerous demons in Hell?
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