paulfchristiano comments on Q&A with experts on risks from AI #2 - Less Wrong Discussion
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The approach taken in some of these questions, particularly Q3, seems unlikely to yield helpful responses and likely to make you seem uninformed. It would probably be better to ask directly about one or a few relevant inputs:
More generally, while I think that getting a better sense of AI researchers' views does have value, I am afraid that the primary effect of presenting these questions in this way may be to make the marginal researcher less receptive to serious arguments or discussions about AI risk. In light of this I would recommend condensing questions 2, 4, 5, 6 and presenting them in a way that seems less loaded, if you are set on approaching a significant fraction of all AI researchers.
(Though I would also suggest applying a little more deliberation, particularly in revising or varying questions / explanations / background between rounds, if you are going to ask more people.)
Yes.
Also, it may be important to clarify what is meant by "intelligence", as many researchers seem to be confused because they're not sure what's meant by "intelligence."