Regardless of whether intelligence is or isn’t important to being a good community member (FWIW, I disagree voted because I don’t think it is), bringing it up is really unhelpful for the intended goal of this post. We know for sure that imposter syndrome is regularly discussed as an issue facing this community, and that many of the best community members don’t believe that they’re good enough to be here. This line in particular is really likely to set that feeling off:
There is undoubtedly some level of baseline intelligence below which it’ll be hard for you to be a net contributor, but that’s not as much of an issue as you might think as most members of the EA community are quite smart anyway
@Yanni: you’re smarter than you put yourself out as, plus you really bring the vibes.
You’re also an excellent marketer, I didn’t include skills like this in my list because I was speaking specifically to some just being a general community member, although maybe I should have emphasised the ability to have impact through volunteering a bit more.
I’m trying to widen people’s understanding of how people can continue to AI safety and what attributes are helpful, but at the same time, I don’t want to be a popularity on this issue.
Regardless of whether intelligence is or isn’t important to being a good community member (FWIW, I disagree voted because I don’t think it is), bringing it up is really unhelpful for the intended goal of this post. We know for sure that imposter syndrome is regularly discussed as an issue facing this community, and that many of the best community members don’t believe that they’re good enough to be here. This line in particular is really likely to set that feeling off:
Yeah I’m kinda confused why you’re talking at all about intelligence here Chris?
For anyone reading I’m a dumb dumb (ie 80% of readers will be smarter than me) but I seem to be having a positive impact.
@Yanni: you’re smarter than you put yourself out as, plus you really bring the vibes.
You’re also an excellent marketer, I didn’t include skills like this in my list because I was speaking specifically to some just being a general community member, although maybe I should have emphasised the ability to have impact through volunteering a bit more.
I’m trying to widen people’s understanding of how people can continue to AI safety and what attributes are helpful, but at the same time, I don’t want to be a popularity on this issue.