Executive summary: The author argues that effective altruists should be more open about their affiliation with the EA movement, as it would benefit the community and help avoid negative stereotyping despite potential career risks.
Key points:
Being openly affiliated with EA is net positive for the world and individual careers, even if it comes with some risks.
If too many EAs hide their affiliation, it creates a “free-rider problem” where EA mainly gets publicity for negative events.
More open affiliation would show the true diversity of the EA community and prevent “tokenization” of the few vocal members.
Transparency about EA affiliation is rewarded with trust in the long run, as shown by an example AI governance organization.
The author has faced some career setbacks due to EA affiliation but believes it is still worth being open about one’s beliefs and association with EA.
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3. More open affiliation would show the true diversity of the EA community and prevent “tokenization” of the few vocal members.
I would replace “vocal” with “visible” (e.g. I don’t think the members of the OpenAI board were especially vocal about their EA affiliation, people simply singled them out)
Executive summary: The author argues that effective altruists should be more open about their affiliation with the EA movement, as it would benefit the community and help avoid negative stereotyping despite potential career risks.
Key points:
Being openly affiliated with EA is net positive for the world and individual careers, even if it comes with some risks.
If too many EAs hide their affiliation, it creates a “free-rider problem” where EA mainly gets publicity for negative events.
More open affiliation would show the true diversity of the EA community and prevent “tokenization” of the few vocal members.
Transparency about EA affiliation is rewarded with trust in the long run, as shown by an example AI governance organization.
The author has faced some career setbacks due to EA affiliation but believes it is still worth being open about one’s beliefs and association with EA.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.
I would replace “vocal” with “visible” (e.g. I don’t think the members of the OpenAI board were especially vocal about their EA affiliation, people simply singled them out)