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AI safety workers urged to think harder about impact

AI safety workers urged to think harder about impact

A post on LessWrong argues that AI safety researchers, including the authors, often choose projects based on intuition rather than a deep understanding of the problems, potentially leading to less impactful work than a plausible alternative.

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