I no longer feel annoyed about this. I’m not quite sure why. Part of it is probably that I’m a lot more sympathetic when EAs don’t know things about AI safety than global poverty, because learning about AI safety seems much harder, and I think I hear relatively more discussion of AI safety now compared to three years ago.
One hypothesis is that 80000 Hours has made various EA ideas more accessible and well-known within the community, via their podcast and maybe their articles.
I no longer feel annoyed about this. I’m not quite sure why. Part of it is probably that I’m a lot more sympathetic when EAs don’t know things about AI safety than global poverty, because learning about AI safety seems much harder, and I think I hear relatively more discussion of AI safety now compared to three years ago.
One hypothesis is that 80000 Hours has made various EA ideas more accessible and well-known within the community, via their podcast and maybe their articles.