Context: I’ve done local community building (running AI Safety ANZ), but also facilitated for BlueDot.
There’s definitely a lot of advantages from being able to draw talent from anywhere in the world. I suspect that the competitiveness of local movement-building will vary massively by location. In terms of impact per dollar, groups at top global universities or in strategic locations (San Fransisco, London, Washington, Brussels, ect.) are most likely to be competitive.
It’s also important to think on the margin rather than on average. You’d have to talk to the core BlueDot team to find out what they would do with marginal funding and how promising they think the folks they rejected are.
Context: I’ve done local community building (running AI Safety ANZ), but also facilitated for BlueDot.
There’s definitely a lot of advantages from being able to draw talent from anywhere in the world. I suspect that the competitiveness of local movement-building will vary massively by location. In terms of impact per dollar, groups at top global universities or in strategic locations (San Fransisco, London, Washington, Brussels, ect.) are most likely to be competitive.
It’s also important to think on the margin rather than on average. You’d have to talk to the core BlueDot team to find out what they would do with marginal funding and how promising they think the folks they rejected are.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Chris.