Explicitly switching to AI only seems like a case of putting all our eggs in one highly speculative basket. We don’t know how the case for AI safety will stack up in 10 years: if we commit too hard and it turns out to be overblown, will EA as a movement be over?
I think the premise that EA will be over because of AI safety community building is confused given this is on the margins and EA movement building literally still exists? There’s literally a companion piece to this by Jessica McCurdy about EA community building on AI Safety specific community building. I also don’t think this piece makes the case for every resource to go to AI Safety community building.
Explicitly switching to AI only seems like a case of putting all our eggs in one highly speculative basket. We don’t know how the case for AI safety will stack up in 10 years: if we commit too hard and it turns out to be overblown, will EA as a movement be over?
I think the premise that EA will be over because of AI safety community building is confused given this is on the margins and EA movement building literally still exists? There’s literally a companion piece to this by Jessica McCurdy about EA community building on AI Safety specific community building. I also don’t think this piece makes the case for every resource to go to AI Safety community building.
In case anyone is interested, here is that piece.