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Speaking in my personal capacity as research lead of TGT (and not on behalf of MIRI), I think work in this direction is potentially interesting. One difficulty with work like this are anti-trust laws, which I am not familiar with in detail but they serve to restrict industry coordination that restricts further development / competition. It might be worth looking into how exactly anti-trust laws apply to this situation, and if there are workable solutions. Organisations that might be well placed to carry out work like this might be the frontier model forum ... (read more)

I’m MIRI’s new research manager and I’d like to report back on the actions we’ve taken inside MIRI in response to the experiences reported above (and others). In fact I joined MIRI earlier this year in part because we believe we can do better on this. 

First off, I’d like to thank everyone in this thread for your bravery (especially @KurtB and @TurnTrout). I know this is not easy to speak about and I’d like you to know that you have been heard and that you have contributed to a real improvement. 

Second, I’d like to say that I, personally, as well ... (read more)