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AI safety experts urged to focus on model specs and constitutions

An AI safety researcher suggests that external communities should concentrate their efforts on influencing the specifications and constitutions of AI models. This approach is favored because these documents are publicly accessible natural language texts, requiring no specialized ML knowledge for review. Focusing on these documents allows outsiders to contribute to macro-strategy and conceptual reasoning, areas where they can have a significant impact without needing access to proprietary lab data or models. The author also provides guidance on how to effectively submit feedback and suggests avoiding direct naming of models like 'Claude' to prevent potential issues. AI

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IMPACT Suggests a strategic focus for external AI safety researchers on model specifications and constitutions.

RANK_REASON This is an opinion piece discussing strategy for AI safety research.

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 · Cleo Nardo ·

    Outsiders should focus on specs/constitutions

    <p><span>I think model specs/ constitutions are a good focus for the external AI safety community because:</span></p><ol><li value="1"><span>It’s a natural language document. So you don’t need to know any ML or engineering.</span></li><li value="2"><span>You don’t need to know ab…