Re: "Any coders that would like to jump into this?"
I hope it's okay to pitch my own startup for this: https://bubble.is
We make a tool to let non-programmers build things like this kind of project. Think SquareSpace for web applications with real, custom logic. We're accessible to anyone with enough computer skills to, for example, build formulas in excel.
I started Bubble precisely because I had a bunch of ideas for similar things -- collaboration sites, smart todos lists, etc. -- and even as an experienced programmer, I found that t...
It sounds like both sides of the debate are implicitly agreeing that capabilities research is bad. I don't think that claim necessarily follows from the debate premise that "we both believe they are risking either extinction or takeover by an ~eternal alien dictatorship". I suspect disagreement about capabilities research being bad is the actual crux of the issue for some or many people who believe in AI risk yet still work for capabilities companies, rather than the arguments made in this debate.
The reason it doesn't necessarily follow is that there's a s... (read more)