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Allying AI safety with DEI LGBTQIA+ activism won't do any favors to AI safety. Nor do I think it's a really novel idea. Effective Altruism occasionally flirts with DEI and other people have suggested using similar tactics to get AI safety in the eyes of modern politics. AI researchers are already linking AI safety with DEI with the effect of limiting the appearance of risk. If someone was to read a 'risks' section on an OpenAI paper they would come away with the impression that the biggest risk of AI is that someone could use it to make a misleading photo of a politician or that the AI might think flight attendants are more likely to be women than men! Their risks section on Dalle-2 reads: The point being, DEI does not take up newcomers and lend its support to their issues. It subsumes real issues and funnels efforts directed to solve them towards the DEI wrecking ball.

Ah, thank you for clarification!

EDIT: retracted in this context, see reply. S̶o̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶l̶i̶g̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶b̶y̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶m̶e̶r̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶f̶a̶r̶-̶l̶e̶s̶s̶-̶i̶m̶p̶o̶r̶t̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶i̶s̶s̶u̶e̶s̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶i̶c̶i̶t̶l̶y̶ ̶c̶u̶l̶t̶u̶r̶e̶-̶w̶a̶r̶-̶y̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶?̶ ̶I̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶n̶o̶n̶-̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶-̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶i̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶g̶u̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶A̶G̶I̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶e̶l̶o̶p̶m̶e̶n̶t̶?̶ ̶ B̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶[̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶u̶r̶a̶l̶]̶(̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶U̶n̶i̶t̶e̶d̶_̶S̶t̶a̶t̶e̶s̶_̶E̶l̶e̶c̶t̶o̶r̶a̶l̶_̶C̶o̶l̶l̶e̶g̶e̶)̶ ̶[̶r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶s̶]̶(̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶G̶e̶r̶r̶y̶m̶a̶n̶d̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶)̶,̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶d̶v̶a̶n̶t̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶c̶u̶l̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶ ̶b̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶p̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶m̶i̶n̶o̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶i̶t̶i̶z̶e̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶l̶e̶v̶e̶l̶.̶ ̶(̶W̶i̶t̶h̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶"̶s̶i̶d̶e̶"̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶d̶v̶a̶n̶t̶a̶g̶e̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶d̶v̶a̶n̶t̶a̶g̶e̶,̶ ̶t̶e̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶l̶e̶)̶.̶ ̶T̶u̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶A̶G̶I̶ ̶s̶a̶f̶e̶t̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶u̶l̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶a̶d̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶a̶,̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶[̶c̶u̶l̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶g̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶C̶o̶n̶g̶r̶e̶s̶s̶]̶(̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶w̶w̶w̶.̶s̶l̶o̶w̶b̶o̶r̶i̶n̶g̶.̶c̶o̶m̶/̶p̶/̶t̶h̶e̶-̶r̶i̶s̶e̶-̶a̶n̶d̶-̶i̶m̶p̶o̶r̶t̶a̶n̶c̶e̶-̶o̶f̶-̶s̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶̶d̶o̶̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶a̶d̶ ̶(̶s̶e̶e̶ ̶"̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶u̶r̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶s̶"̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶v̶e̶)̶.̶ ̶ I̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶a̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶g̶u̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶g̶l̶a̶d̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶

Is the ending suggestion "take over the world / a large country"? Pure curiosity, since Leverage Research seems to have wanted to do that but... they seem to have been poorly-run, to understate.