It’s not a risk to say I’m EA, it’s just not informative in many contexts. It conveys a specific and false impression of my priorities and what I work on—so as a matter of cooperative communication, I don’t do it. I don’t take any actions to hide it.
I don’t really think the risk is that people don’t talk to me because they project false beliefs onto me. Because I’m not worried about negative consequences for myself if people think I work on AI. It’s just not a helpful thing to say in most contexts, because i don’t actually work on AI.
I think it’s different for professional community builders. In your job, EA is a community to be represented. In my job, EA is a signifier for a cluster of beliefs. Sometimes that cluster is relevant and sometimes it isn’t.
Thanks for clarifying, that makes a lot of sense. I’m not sure yet, but I think those considerations are not in the scope of my post, then? Let me know what you think.
Maybe this part
I’m also not necessarily saying that one needs to shout it everywhere, but simply be transparent about it.
It’s not a risk to say I’m EA, it’s just not informative in many contexts. It conveys a specific and false impression of my priorities and what I work on—so as a matter of cooperative communication, I don’t do it. I don’t take any actions to hide it.
I don’t really think the risk is that people don’t talk to me because they project false beliefs onto me. Because I’m not worried about negative consequences for myself if people think I work on AI. It’s just not a helpful thing to say in most contexts, because i don’t actually work on AI.
I think it’s different for professional community builders. In your job, EA is a community to be represented. In my job, EA is a signifier for a cluster of beliefs. Sometimes that cluster is relevant and sometimes it isn’t.
Thanks for clarifying, that makes a lot of sense. I’m not sure yet, but I think those considerations are not in the scope of my post, then? Let me know what you think.
Maybe this part
conveys it, maybe?