On expanding to AI safety: Given all of the recent controversies, I’d think very carefully before linking the reputations of EA and AI safety more than they are already linked. It seems that the same group was responsible for community health for both and it either made a mistake or a correct, but controversial decision, there would be a greater chance of the blowback affecting both communities, rather than just one.
Maybe community health functions being independent of CEA would make this less of an issue. I guess it’s plausible, but also maybe not? Might also depend on whether any new org has EA in the name?
I think that the root cause is that there is no AI safety field building co-ordinating committee which would naturally end up taking on such a function. Someone really needs to make that happen (I’m not the right person for this).
This would have the advantage of allowing the norms of the communities to develop somewhat separately. It would sacrifice some operational efficiencies, but I think this is one of those areas where it is better not to skimp.
On expanding to AI safety: Given all of the recent controversies, I’d think very carefully before linking the reputations of EA and AI safety more than they are already linked. It seems that the same group was responsible for community health for both and it either made a mistake or a correct, but controversial decision, there would be a greater chance of the blowback affecting both communities, rather than just one.
Maybe community health functions being independent of CEA would make this less of an issue. I guess it’s plausible, but also maybe not? Might also depend on whether any new org has EA in the name?
I think that the root cause is that there is no AI safety field building co-ordinating committee which would naturally end up taking on such a function. Someone really needs to make that happen (I’m not the right person for this).
This would have the advantage of allowing the norms of the communities to develop somewhat separately. It would sacrifice some operational efficiencies, but I think this is one of those areas where it is better not to skimp.