I organise AI Safety Brisbane—there are no AI safety orgs in Brisbane, or even Australia, so before ever forming it, I had to consider the impact of members (including myself!) eventually leaving for London or the Bay Area to do work there. While we don’t actively encourage people to do this, that certainly is the goal for some of the more committed members.
My general way of handling this is to openly admit that I expect some amount of churn as a result of this, and that this is a totally reasonable thing for any member to do. I’ve also been considering plans for how to manage handoffs in a similar way to EA university groups, where we know that members will eventually graduate out of the group. I haven’t faced any resistance over admitting this dynamic openly thus far—this may change in the future if we get Brisbane-based alternatives, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
I like the idea of keeping in touch with “alumni” of the group who head overseas to pursue impactful work!
I organise AI Safety Brisbane—there are no AI safety orgs in Brisbane, or even Australia, so before ever forming it, I had to consider the impact of members (including myself!) eventually leaving for London or the Bay Area to do work there. While we don’t actively encourage people to do this, that certainly is the goal for some of the more committed members.
My general way of handling this is to openly admit that I expect some amount of churn as a result of this, and that this is a totally reasonable thing for any member to do. I’ve also been considering plans for how to manage handoffs in a similar way to EA university groups, where we know that members will eventually graduate out of the group. I haven’t faced any resistance over admitting this dynamic openly thus far—this may change in the future if we get Brisbane-based alternatives, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
I like the idea of keeping in touch with “alumni” of the group who head overseas to pursue impactful work!