Re Etg buy-out—yes, you’re right. For people who think that CEA is a top donation target, hopefully we could just come to agreement as a trade wouldn’t be possible, or would be prohibitively costly (if there were only slight differences in our views on which places were best to fund).
Re local group activities: These are just examples of some of the things I’d be excited about local groups doing, and I know that at least some local groups are funding constrained (e.g. someone is running them part-time, unpaid, and will otherwise need to get a job).
Re AI safety fellowship at ASI—as I understand it, that is currently funding constrained (they had great applicants who wanted to take the fellowship but ASI couldn’t fund it). For other applications (e.g. Google Brain) it could involve, say, spending some amount of time during or after a physics or math PhD in order to learn some machine learning and be more competitive.
Re anthropogenic existential risks—ah, I had thought that it was only in presentation form. In which case: that paper is exactly the sort of thing I’d love to see more of.
Thanks Owen!
Re Etg buy-out—yes, you’re right. For people who think that CEA is a top donation target, hopefully we could just come to agreement as a trade wouldn’t be possible, or would be prohibitively costly (if there were only slight differences in our views on which places were best to fund).
Re local group activities: These are just examples of some of the things I’d be excited about local groups doing, and I know that at least some local groups are funding constrained (e.g. someone is running them part-time, unpaid, and will otherwise need to get a job).
Re AI safety fellowship at ASI—as I understand it, that is currently funding constrained (they had great applicants who wanted to take the fellowship but ASI couldn’t fund it). For other applications (e.g. Google Brain) it could involve, say, spending some amount of time during or after a physics or math PhD in order to learn some machine learning and be more competitive.
Re anthropogenic existential risks—ah, I had thought that it was only in presentation form. In which case: that paper is exactly the sort of thing I’d love to see more of.