I feel like if I were to call out any specific organizations, people from those organizations would get upset, so I’m hesitant to do that exactly.
Looking at this list, I think a bunch can be consolidated somehow. I get the impression that many of these: - Have employees would be good fits at the another’s org - Share very similar funding sources - Don’t have severe branding/community risks - Aren’t part of Universities
Groups that are very friendly with EA and OP, or some AI safety groups, seem like the easiest to semi-merge. (I say semi because they could still have some levels of isolation)
If two organizations get funded by the same funding org, is it really that different than them being projects within the same org? It seems almost equally awkward to have one funder fund two competitors, than it is for one org to have two competing sub-groups.
I feel like if I were to call out any specific organizations, people from those organizations would get upset, so I’m hesitant to do that exactly.
Looking at this list, I think a bunch can be consolidated somehow. I get the impression that many of these:
- Have employees would be good fits at the another’s org
- Share very similar funding sources
- Don’t have severe branding/community risks
- Aren’t part of Universities
Groups that are very friendly with EA and OP, or some AI safety groups, seem like the easiest to semi-merge. (I say semi because they could still have some levels of isolation)
If two organizations get funded by the same funding org, is it really that different than them being projects within the same org? It seems almost equally awkward to have one funder fund two competitors, than it is for one org to have two competing sub-groups.