I think EAs and aspiring EAs should try their hardest to incorporate every available piece of evidence about the world when deciding what to do and where to focus their efforts. For better or worse, this includes evidence about AI progress.
The list of important things to do under the ātaking AI seriouslyā umbrella is very large, and the landscape is underexplored so there will likely be more things for the list in due time. So EAs who are already working āin AI safetyā shouldnāt feel like their cause prioritization is over and done. AI safety is not the end of cause prio.
People interested in funding for field-building projects for the topics on Willās menu above can apply to my team at Open Philanthropy here, or contact us here ā we donāt necessarily fund all these areas, but weāre open to more of them than we receive applications for, so itās worth asking.
One note: I think it would be easy for this post to be read as āEA should be all about AGIā or āEA is only for people who are focused on AGI.ā
I donāt think that is or should be true. I think EA should be for people who care deeply about doing good, and who embrace the principles as a way of getting there. The empirics should be up for discussion.
Appreciated this a lot, agree with much of it.
I think EAs and aspiring EAs should try their hardest to incorporate every available piece of evidence about the world when deciding what to do and where to focus their efforts. For better or worse, this includes evidence about AI progress.
The list of important things to do under the ātaking AI seriouslyā umbrella is very large, and the landscape is underexplored so there will likely be more things for the list in due time. So EAs who are already working āin AI safetyā shouldnāt feel like their cause prioritization is over and done. AI safety is not the end of cause prio.
People interested in funding for field-building projects for the topics on Willās menu above can apply to my team at Open Philanthropy here, or contact us here ā we donāt necessarily fund all these areas, but weāre open to more of them than we receive applications for, so itās worth asking.
One note: I think it would be easy for this post to be read as āEA should be all about AGIā or āEA is only for people who are focused on AGI.ā
I donāt think that is or should be true. I think EA should be for people who care deeply about doing good, and who embrace the principles as a way of getting there. The empirics should be up for discussion.
Thanks! I agree strongly with that.