“The Case for AI Safety Advocacy to the Public” by Holly_Elmore

tl;dr: Advocacy to the public is a large and neglected opportunity to advance AI Safety. AI Safety as a field is unfamiliar with advocacy, and it has reservations, some founded and others not. A deeper understanding of the dynamics of social change reveals the promise of pursuing outside game strategies to complement the already strong inside game strategies. I support an indefinite global Pause on frontier AI and I explain why Pause AI is a good message for advocacy. Because I’m American and focused on US advocacy, I will mostly be drawing on examples from the US. Please bear in mind, though, that for Pause to be a true solution it will have to be global. The case for advocacy in generalAdvocacy can workI’ve encountered many EAs who are skeptical about the role of advocacy in social change. While it is difficult to prove causality in social phenomena like this [...] ---Outline:(00:46) The case for advocacy in general(00:50) Advocacy can work(02:32) We can now talk to the public about AI risk(03:22) What having the public's support gets us(05:17) Social change works best inside and outside the system(09:31) Pros and potential pitfalls of advocacy(09:35) Other pros of advocacy(11:11) Misconceptions about advocacy(13:23) Downsides to advocacy(14:26) Downside risks of continuing the status quo(15:59) The case for advocating AI Pause(16:31) Pros and pitfalls of AI Pause(21:09) How AI Pause advocacy can effect change(24:01) Audience questions--- First published: September 20th, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Y4SaFM5LfsZzbnymu/the-case-for-ai-safety-advocacy-to-the-public --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.