> To trust these AI models with decisions that impact our lives and livelihoods, we want the AI models’ opinions and beliefs to closely and reliably match with our opinions and beliefs.
No, I don't. It's a fun demo, but for the examples they give ("who gets a job, who gets a loan"), you have to run them on the actual task, gather a big sample size of their outputs and judgments, and measure them against well-defined objective criteria.
Who they would vote for is supremely irrelevant. If you want to assess a carpenter's competence you don't ask him whether he prefers cats or dogs.
No, I don't. It's a fun demo, but for the examples they give ("who gets a job, who gets a loan"), you have to run them on the actual task, gather a big sample size of their outputs and judgments, and measure them against well-defined objective criteria.
Who they would vote for is supremely irrelevant. If you want to assess a carpenter's competence you don't ask him whether he prefers cats or dogs.