I’ve spent hours today trying to find answers for this, and I’m reaching the point where I think it’s worth throwing out this question just in case someone out there can just solve my problem fairly quickly.
Basically I’m trying to find a platform/software solution for a (~10 person?) AI research project idea I’m doing a writeup for, but I’ve searched for a while without success. I have a list of the features it would need to (or preferably) have, as well as some example platforms/software which have all the necessary features except for cornerstones like “capable of real-time collaboration (like on a Google Doc).”
Thus, I think it’s now worth asking whether there is any “help me find [or build] a software solution” service (preferably but not necessarily within EA)? Or should I just post a question somewhere (e.g., on the normal EA forum)?
I think your link doesn’t work. It seems good to provide a description of your desired software (a few sentences/paragraphs) and some bullet points, early in your post?
Ah, does the link just not work, or are you saying it’s not helpful for finding a sufficient software? I realize now that I meant to say “a partial writeup of the project idea [including the screenshot of the software]”, not a writeup containing a list of the desired features.
It looks like you linked to a special draft mode or something, it says edit post in the url:
Zooming out and being sort of blunt/a jerk about it: it’s sort of unpromising (especially when you’re seeking detailed advice on what presumably is complicated software) that you haven’t noticed this. This seems low effort. You want to demonstrate you can attend to details like this.
Yes, you should definitely write up a description of the software in your comment, because again, because a few sentences/paragraphs doesn’t take much time and lets technical people skim and see if it makes sense to engage. Your going to bounce out all the people with high opportunity costs.
I see what you’re saying now: initially I misread your comment as “It seems [good] to provide a description of your desired software...” which led me to think you were able to access the article (“it”), which confused me. I also didn’t have problems when I tried the link, but of course it’s now obvious that was because I am the editor. I just fixed that—I’m not even sure how I ended up copying the edit post link anyway.
FWIW, to address (2) and (1b), I was just trying to ask people if there is any “help me find [or build] a software solution” service (preferably but not necessarily within EA), or if I should just post a full message/question about it on the forum. I was not (yet) trying to ask people to find specific software for me. So, for efficiency’s sake, this post was indeed somewhat low effort—hence the posting via shortform. But including the wrong link and overlooking one important word in your reply are definitely mistakes on my part.
I’ve spent hours today trying to find answers for this, and I’m reaching the point where I think it’s worth throwing out this question just in case someone out there can just solve my problem fairly quickly.
Basically I’m trying to find a platform/software solution for a (~10 person?) AI research project idea I’m doing a writeup for, but I’ve searched for a while without success. I have a list of the features it would need to (or preferably) have, as well as some example platforms/software which have all the necessary features except for cornerstones like “capable of real-time collaboration (like on a Google Doc).”
Basically, I have already done a partial writeup on this project idea, which includes screenshots of one software which seemingly has most of the bare-necessity features except real-time collaboration: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9RCFq976d9YXBbZyq/research-reality-graphing-to-support-ai-policy-and-more
Thus, I think it’s now worth asking whether there is any “help me find [or build] a software solution” service (preferably but not necessarily within EA)? Or should I just post a question somewhere (e.g., on the normal EA forum)?
I think your link doesn’t work. It seems good to provide a description of your desired software (a few sentences/paragraphs) and some bullet points, early in your post?
Ah, does the link just not work, or are you saying it’s not helpful for finding a sufficient software? I realize now that I meant to say “a partial writeup of the project idea [including the screenshot of the software]”, not a writeup containing a list of the desired features.
Your link still doesn’t work, you should fix it.
It looks like you linked to a special draft mode or something, it says edit post in the url:
Zooming out and being sort of blunt/a jerk about it: it’s sort of unpromising (especially when you’re seeking detailed advice on what presumably is complicated software) that you haven’t noticed this. This seems low effort. You want to demonstrate you can attend to details like this.
Yes, you should definitely write up a description of the software in your comment, because again, because a few sentences/paragraphs doesn’t take much time and lets technical people skim and see if it makes sense to engage. Your going to bounce out all the people with high opportunity costs.
I see what you’re saying now: initially I misread your comment as “It seems [
good] to provide a description of your desired software...” which led me to think you were able to access the article (“it”), which confused me. I also didn’t have problems when I tried the link, but of course it’s now obvious that was because I am the editor. I just fixed that—I’m not even sure how I ended up copying the edit post link anyway.FWIW, to address (2) and (1b), I was just trying to ask people if there is any “help me find [or build] a software solution” service (preferably but not necessarily within EA), or if I should just post a full message/question about it on the forum. I was not (yet) trying to ask people to find specific software for me. So, for efficiency’s sake, this post was indeed somewhat low effort—hence the posting via shortform. But including the wrong link and overlooking one important word in your reply are definitely mistakes on my part.