Capabilities benchmarks can be highly useful in safety applications. You raised a great example with ML benchmarks. Strong ML R&D capabilities lie upstream of many potential risks:
Labs may begin automating research, which could shorten timelines.
These capabilities may increase proliferation risks of techniques used to develop frontier models.
In the extremes, these capabilities may increase the risk of uncontrolled recursive self-improvement.
Labs, governments, and everyone else involved should have an accurate understanding of where the capabilities fro... (read more)
Capabilities benchmarks can be highly useful in safety applications. You raised a great example with ML benchmarks. Strong ML R&D capabilities lie upstream of many potential risks:
Labs, governments, and everyone else involved should have an accurate understanding of where the capabilities fro... (read more)