Alex Turner on Leaving Google DeepMind and Disagreements with Yudkowsky
Dr. Alex Turner (@TurnTrout) is an AI safety researcher with pioneering work in activation steering and power-seeking theory. He recently resigned from Google DeepMind over the issue of unrestricted military use of AI.Alex thinks that technical Alignment research is going “super awesome” relative to his 2021 projections, doesn’t explicitly endorse the PauseAI movement, and sees many flaws in Yudkowsky's List of Lethalities. I interviewed him about:Leaving Google DeepMind on principleHis mainline
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