I suspect it should be emphasized that you really shouldn’t put much time or effort into your message.
It’s been almost 20 years since I worked for someone in government, so I could be wrong, but even then we simply added to the count of people who wrote in in favor (and recorded it with their name in our database) and didn’t read the note.
Agree. This really shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes. In this case (can’t speak for every case like this), it does matter that the messages are unique and not copy pasted, which is why I didn’t provide a letter to copy paste. But it is highly unlikely anybody will read the letter in great detail.
Are you willing to draft some rough bullet points (that you urge people to NOT copy and paste) on SB-1047 that might help people complete this exercise faster?
Also, do you have a sense for how much better a slightly longer letter (e.g. a 1 page note) is as compared to just a 1 paragraph email with something like: “As a [location] resident concerned about AI safety, I urge you to sign SB 1047 into law. AI safety is important to me because [1 sentence].”
FWIW, I did just send off an email, but it took me more like ~30 minutes to skim this post and then draft something. I also wasn’t sure how important it was to create the PDF — otherwise I would have just sent an email on my phone, which would again have been a bit faster.
Are you willing to draft some rough bullet points (that you urge people to NOT copy and paste) on SB-1047 that might help people complete this exercise faster?
This page has a number of points (it also includes a few other actions that you can take).
Also, do you have a sense for how much better a slightly longer letter (e.g. a 1 page note) is as compared to just a 1 paragraph email with something like: “As a [location] resident concerned about AI safety, I urge you to sign SB 1047 into law. AI safety is important to me because [1 sentence].”
One paragraph is definitely fine unless you have personal experience that is relevant (for example, you are an AI researcher, founder, etc.).
I also wasn’t sure how important it was to create the PDF — otherwise I would have just sent an email on my phone, which would again have been a bit faster.
Makes sense! It is important to create the PDF, just how these things are supposed to be submitted.
I suspect it should be emphasized that you really shouldn’t put much time or effort into your message.
It’s been almost 20 years since I worked for someone in government, so I could be wrong, but even then we simply added to the count of people who wrote in in favor (and recorded it with their name in our database) and didn’t read the note.
Agree. This really shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes. In this case (can’t speak for every case like this), it does matter that the messages are unique and not copy pasted, which is why I didn’t provide a letter to copy paste. But it is highly unlikely anybody will read the letter in great detail.
Are you willing to draft some rough bullet points (that you urge people to NOT copy and paste) on SB-1047 that might help people complete this exercise faster?
Also, do you have a sense for how much better a slightly longer letter (e.g. a 1 page note) is as compared to just a 1 paragraph email with something like: “As a [location] resident concerned about AI safety, I urge you to sign SB 1047 into law. AI safety is important to me because [1 sentence].”
FWIW, I did just send off an email, but it took me more like ~30 minutes to skim this post and then draft something. I also wasn’t sure how important it was to create the PDF — otherwise I would have just sent an email on my phone, which would again have been a bit faster.
This page has a number of points (it also includes a few other actions that you can take).
One paragraph is definitely fine unless you have personal experience that is relevant (for example, you are an AI researcher, founder, etc.).
Makes sense! It is important to create the PDF, just how these things are supposed to be submitted.