As someone trying to start a social movement (PauseAI), I wish EAs were more understanding and forgiving that there isn’t a great literature I can just follow. I feel confident that jumping in and finding my way was a good thing to do because advocacy and activism were neglected angles to a very important problem.
Most of my thinking and decision-making with PauseAI US is based on my world model, not specific beliefs about the efficacy of different practices or philosophies in other social movements. I expect local conditions and factors specific to the topic and landscape of AI and organizational factors like my leadership style to be more important than which approach is “best” ceteris parabis.
As someone trying to start a social movement (PauseAI), I wish EAs were more understanding and forgiving that there isn’t a great literature I can just follow. I feel confident that jumping in and finding my way was a good thing to do because advocacy and activism were neglected angles to a very important problem.
Most of my thinking and decision-making with PauseAI US is based on my world model, not specific beliefs about the efficacy of different practices or philosophies in other social movements. I expect local conditions and factors specific to the topic and landscape of AI and organizational factors like my leadership style to be more important than which approach is “best” ceteris parabis.