MAI researcher @edelwax on why the entire AI alignment field was quietly pointed the wrong way until 2023: "The whole AI alignment and AI safety apparatus was pointed kind of the wrong way until about 2023. It was pointed towards singleton AIs instead of many fleets of agents." "It was also pointed towards these utilitarians that were kind of in charge before then, Bostrom, Yudkowsky, and a set of nonprofits like Forethought." "There were a lot of people pointed a little bit the wrong…