Well you definitely might be right. I can't say for sure that we can do meaningful work now, although the people doing the actual work do think it is meaningful

Well you definitely might be right. I can't say for sure that we can do meaningful work now, although the people doing the actual work do think it is meaningful, and I think it's worth trying. I do think it's worth pointing out that many times, we can do interesting maths without necessarily having technological or scientific capabilities to which to apply it. E.g. lots of things were proven about computing before we ever had a computer. We already know a lot about quantum computing, without having a quantum computer. We knew how to describe the curvature of spacetime mathematically, before we ever knew that spacetime worked like that. I'm not saying this is for sure, but there are lots of examples where we had math before having the whole picture. " I don't think we should ignore AI safety at all. I just think our safety concerns should match our technology concerns right now those are physical robot safety and job loss potential. Not runaway intelligence." I just don't think it's an either-or situation. We can (and should!) worry about both.