I think the average EA worries too much about negative PR related to EA. I think this is a shame because EA didn’t get to where it is now because it concerned itself with PR. It got here through good-old-fashioned hard work (and good thinking ofc).
Two examples:
1. FTX.
2. OpenAI board drama.
On the whole, I think there was way too much time spent thinking and talking about these massive outliers and it would have been better if 95%+ of EAs put their head down and did what they do best—get back to work.
I think it is good to discuss and take action on the issues at a concrete level, but not to talk about how this affects “what people think of EA”. EA overindexing on conscientiousness can have negative consequences!
I think the average EA worries too much about negative PR related to EA. I think this is a shame because EA didn’t get to where it is now because it concerned itself with PR. It got here through good-old-fashioned hard work (and good thinking ofc).
Two examples:
1. FTX.
2. OpenAI board drama.
On the whole, I think there was way too much time spent thinking and talking about these massive outliers and it would have been better if 95%+ of EAs put their head down and did what they do best—get back to work.
I think it is good to discuss and take action on the issues at a concrete level, but not to talk about how this affects “what people think of EA”. EA overindexing on conscientiousness can have negative consequences!