I strongly agree that being associated with EA in AI policy is increasingly difficult (as many articles and individuals’ posts on social media can attest), in particular in Europe, DC, and the Bay Area.
I appreciate Akash’s comment, and at the same time, I understand the object of this post is not to ask for people’s opinions about what the priorities of CEA would be, so I won’t go too much into detail. I want to highlight that I’m really excited for Zach Robinson to lead CEA!
With my current knowledge of the situation in three different jurisdictions, I’ll simply comment that there is a huge problem related to EA connections and AI policy at the moment. I would support CEA getting strong PR support so that there is a voice defending EA rather than mostly receiving punches. I truly appreciate the CEA’s communication efforts over the last year and it’s very plausible that CEA needs more than one person working on this. One alternative is for most people working on AI policy to cut their former connections to EA which I think is a shame due to the usually good epistemics and motivation the community brings. (In any case, the AI safety movement should become more and more independent and “big tent” as soon as possible and I’m looking forward to more energy being put into PR there.)
I strongly agree that being associated with EA in AI policy is increasingly difficult (as many articles and individuals’ posts on social media can attest), in particular in Europe, DC, and the Bay Area.
I appreciate Akash’s comment, and at the same time, I understand the object of this post is not to ask for people’s opinions about what the priorities of CEA would be, so I won’t go too much into detail. I want to highlight that I’m really excited for Zach Robinson to lead CEA!
With my current knowledge of the situation in three different jurisdictions, I’ll simply comment that there is a huge problem related to EA connections and AI policy at the moment. I would support CEA getting strong PR support so that there is a voice defending EA rather than mostly receiving punches. I truly appreciate the CEA’s communication efforts over the last year and it’s very plausible that CEA needs more than one person working on this. One alternative is for most people working on AI policy to cut their former connections to EA which I think is a shame due to the usually good epistemics and motivation the community brings. (In any case, the AI safety movement should become more and more independent and “big tent” as soon as possible and I’m looking forward to more energy being put into PR there.)