AI Alignment - Top Scientists

By Nick Maravich on

I count 29 amazing individuals in this famous picture from the 1920s.



My vote would be

    1. Connor Leahy
    2. Stephen Wolfram
    3. Eliezer Yudkowsky
    4. Ilya Sutskever
    5. Eric Weinstein
    6. Don Hoffman
    7. Jeff Hawkins
    8. Max Tegmark
    9. Lex Fridman
    10. Elon Musk
    11. Lee Cronin
    12. Daniel Schmachtenberger
    13. Michio Kaku

The first 4 in my list my have been in the AI space for a while. They seem to know the ins and outs of the domain and they all do not agree which I like. I believe competing ideas will be required to make progress in regards to AI Alignment. 

Eric is simply brilliant and will hold his own intellectually. He will also call BS if something is awry.

Don is also brilliant and has very original thoughts regarding the brain and reality.

Jeff is an amazing Neuroscientist,  Computer Scientist and Tech Entrepreneur. He will be able to follow the logic and help see the idea all the way through to implementation given his track record.

I'll be updating this post with more thoughts and opinions but this is enough for now.