I’m a generalist and open sourcerer that does a bit of everything, but perhaps nothing particularly well. I’m also the Co-Director of Kairos, an AI safety fieldbuilding org.
I was previously the AI Safety Group Support Lead at CEA and a Software Engineer in the Worldview Investigations Team at Rethink Priorities.
Not sure who needs to hear this, but Hank Green has published two very good videos about AI safety this week: an interview with Nate Soares and a SciShow explainer on AI safety and superintelligence.
Incidentally, he appears to have also come up with the ITN framework from first principles (h/t @Mjreard).
Hopefully this is auspicious for things to come?
Just FYI, in public policy literature there’s already a concept to describe warning shots, focusing events. I frequently suggest that people read Focusing Events, Mobilization, and Agenda Setting by Birkland, the classical paper on this.
I’m playing my part by stirring drama on Twitter and tempting AI researchers with Factorio 🫡
I can vouch that Garrison’s work is solid, high-integrity, and mission-aligned, and I think this is a highly impactful opportunity. I’m also really excited about the book.
I’ve been very concerned that EA orgs, particularly the bigger ones, would be too slow to orient and react to changes in the urgency of AI risk, so I’m very happy that 80k is making this shift in focus.
Any change this size means a lot of work in restructuring teams, their priorities and what staff is working on, but I think this move ultimately plays to 80k’s strengths. Props.
Fixed!
so true