Hi alphaplus, thank you for the questions. I’m glad to hear your health is improving.
I want to start by saying: your (written) English seems fine! Even if you’re concerned about your speaking skills, you can always lean in to your written ability to connect, exchange ideas, and grow.
Without knowing more, it’s hard to give very tailored advice, so here are some messages I think more folks should take seriously:
even if the most egregious risks of AI don’t materialise soon (or at all), I’ll claim (albeit without justification) that having an understanding of how these technologies are transforming the world puts one is a good place to help out in many future scenarios.
As a result, I advocate more people develop ‘situational awareness’, and make their plans keeping (the possibility of) rapid AI progress in mind.
To your main question of “What would you do if you were in my position?”, there are several ways to progress. One procedure is articulated here:
Make some best guesses (hypotheses) about which options seem best.
Identify your key uncertainties about those hypotheses.
Go and investigate those uncertainties.
The key point is to try things, get feedback, and update your beliefs, and try again. Once you have more clarity, you’ll be able to aim for and commit to specific paths.
Finally, there are no real barriers to entry to engaging with Effective Altruism! If you think you’ll find value in connecting with folks in the community, you absolutely should. In addition to this Forum, there are plenty of other spaces, e.g. EAG(x) events you can attend, or slack channels you can join.
Hi alphaplus, thank you for the questions. I’m glad to hear your health is improving.
I want to start by saying: your (written) English seems fine! Even if you’re concerned about your speaking skills, you can always lean in to your written ability to connect, exchange ideas, and grow.
Without knowing more, it’s hard to give very tailored advice, so here are some messages I think more folks should take seriously:
AI could be a big deal, soon. It could create huge dangers.
In light of this, lots of stuff needs doing, e.g. technical research, governance, cybersecurity, international cooperation.
even if the most egregious risks of AI don’t materialise soon (or at all), I’ll claim (albeit without justification) that having an understanding of how these technologies are transforming the world puts one is a good place to help out in many future scenarios.
As a result, I advocate more people develop ‘situational awareness’, and make their plans keeping (the possibility of) rapid AI progress in mind.
To your main question of “What would you do if you were in my position?”, there are several ways to progress. One procedure is articulated here:
Make some best guesses (hypotheses) about which options seem best.
Identify your key uncertainties about those hypotheses.
Go and investigate those uncertainties.
The key point is to try things, get feedback, and update your beliefs, and try again. Once you have more clarity, you’ll be able to aim for and commit to specific paths.
Finally, there are no real barriers to entry to engaging with Effective Altruism! If you think you’ll find value in connecting with folks in the community, you absolutely should. In addition to this Forum, there are plenty of other spaces, e.g. EAG(x) events you can attend, or slack channels you can join.