One additional point I’ll note is that most (though not all ) of our impact comes from having a multiplier effect on the EA movement. Unlike say a charity distributing bednets, or an academic trying to answer ML questions in AI safety, our impact is inherently tied with the impact of EA overall. So an important way we’ll have a greater impact per dollar (without making many changes ourselves) is via the movement growing a lot in quantity, quality, or both.
Put another way, RP is trying to have a multiplier effect on the EA movement, but multiplication is less valuable than addition if the base is low.
A third way in which we rely on the EA movement (the second one is money) is that almost all of our hires comes from EA, so if EA outreach to research talent dries up (or decreases in quality), we’d have a harder time finding competent hires.
One additional point I’ll note is that most (though not all ) of our impact comes from having a multiplier effect on the EA movement. Unlike say a charity distributing bednets, or an academic trying to answer ML questions in AI safety, our impact is inherently tied with the impact of EA overall. So an important way we’ll have a greater impact per dollar (without making many changes ourselves) is via the movement growing a lot in quantity, quality, or both.
Put another way, RP is trying to have a multiplier effect on the EA movement, but multiplication is less valuable than addition if the base is low.
A third way in which we rely on the EA movement (the second one is money) is that almost all of our hires comes from EA, so if EA outreach to research talent dries up (or decreases in quality), we’d have a harder time finding competent hires.