Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan)

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 2 Apr 2026 14:48 UTC

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  on: RejectDirectly

  Can we get a browser extension going—whenever it sees that you are on a page describing a job or having an application form, it just loops this gif over the page?

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 2 Apr 2026 14:29 UTC

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  in reply to: Nematode Lover’s comment on: An­nounc­ing EA Omelas

  That’s a busy town, not sure I can find them before their Appointment, but thanks for the tip!

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• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 25 Oct 2025 6:51 UTC

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  on: How I ex­pect TAI to im­pact de­vel­op­ing countries

  Another thing I don’t see here is the importance of being in the supply chain of AI products. Countries with compute clusters whose compute they export will gain as AI becomes more ubiquitous, countries that are next importers of AI services with no stake in the chain will be harder hit. Even if AI is not substituting labor, but is only necessary productivity boost to keep up with the productivity of other workers, you end up paying a fee from each worker of yours for AI (mostly to developed countries). This may not be a big deal if open source models remain competitive, compute needs go down with algorithmic advancements, etc. but right now all countries are paying mostly US for AI use, and if it remains the case, US will benefit, as will Netherlands, Taiwan and others directly in the supply chain; others, less so.

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 24 Sep 2025 17:18 UTC

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  on: Mov­ing to a hub, get­ting older, and head­ing home

  Thank you for writing this up. I resonate with this a lot. I live in Serbia, work in AIS, and the pull to the Bay is incredibly high. No good solution, coming there 2-3x per year helps somewhat, but also just increases the feel of missing out—it seems as if I get months worth of “unstuck” every time I visit.
  At the same time, one thing you did not mention, but that I think is underappreciated, is that family and not living in a hub are great for not burning out. I think being in a hub, being around EAs all the time, having your livelihood tied to EA—all of it makes it hard to stop working due to fear of losing literally everything in your life right now if you “fail”.

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 18 Feb 2025 14:54 UTC

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  on: What new x- or s-risk field­build­ing or­gani­sa­tions would you like to see? An EOI form. (FBB #3)

  I would like to see orgs trying to tackle Gradual Disempowerment productively, I am unsure what the work would look like, but it is definitely impactful, likely at least somewhat tractable.

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 18 Feb 2025 10:12 UTC

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  on: There are a lot of up­com­ing re­treats/​con­fer­ences be­tween March and July (2025)

  Likely just after these events in August the Eastern Europe Unconference Retreat in Subotica! ;)

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• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 14 Nov 2024 9:32 UTC

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  in reply to: Chris Leong’s comment on: When is Philos­o­phy Worth Fund­ing?

  In PIBBSS, we’ve had a mentor note that for alignment to go well, we need more philosophers working on foundational issues in AI rather than more prosaic researchers. I found that interesting, and I currently believe that this is true. Even in short-timeline worlds, we need to figure out some philosophy FAST.

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 13 Nov 2024 15:45 UTC

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  on: How would your pro­ject use ex­tra fund­ing? (Marginal Fund­ing Week 2024)

  Answering on behalf of PIBBSS, as ED of Operations.

  We have our Manifund page, which goes in-depth here:

  PIBBSS Manifund

  In brief, PIBBSS is an AI Safety org that does both field-building and research, mostly focused in non-prosaic directions. We organize (in ascending order of seniority of attendees and cost) reading groups, summer fellowships, horizon scanning, and research affiliate programs.

  Marginally, funds that you donate would most likely go to either affiliate salaries or fellowship costs (~20.000 USD per marginal fellow for three months based on last year’s costs). This requires us to get funding for our fixed costs, but we are fairly optimistic, although our runway expires in ~6 months. If you are a large funder, please get in touch, as we have the capacity for ~3 million or more in field-building and research over the next 18 months.

  Reach out with any questions!

  What links here?

  • Meet the can­di­dates in the Fo­rum’s Dona­tion Elec­tion (2024) by Toby Tremlett🔹 (18 Nov 2024 12:10 UTC; 79 points)

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 16 Oct 2024 18:54 UTC

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  in reply to: Arepo’s comment on: Are there stand­out EA digi­tal no­mad hubs?

  ACs are ubiquitous and our office has two, we’re not like EU countries ;)

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 14 Oct 2024 19:10 UTC

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  in reply to: Arepo’s comment on: Are there stand­out EA digi­tal no­mad hubs?

  Sorry, was traveling and only saw this now (thanks Gergo)! Generally many places are visa free to us, and if you have Schengen, UK or US visa valid (and have actually traveled to those places at least once on that visa) you can come visa free to Serbia. Visa is also generally good to get, but embassies don’t exist in all countries so sometimes you have to ship your passport (from Philippines to Indonesia for example), so do plan accordingly. Happy to help write an invitation letter, but more important for the visa is having booked accommodation, there’s cheap hostels walking distance from the office, I’m happy to send links.

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 2 Oct 2024 12:31 UTC

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  in reply to: Joseph’s comment on: Reflec­tions on the sec­ond EA Ser­bia/​Hun­gary Subot­ica Retreat

  Yes! The main reason for a relatively detailed write up is because I think this model can be easily replicated and is very much not dependant on our region.

• Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan) 25 Sep 2024 16:14 UTC

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  in reply to: calebp’s comment on: Reflec­tions on the sec­ond EA Ser­bia/​Hun­gary Subot­ica Retreat

  Thanks for your thoughts, Caleb! Yes, I come from 10 years in orgs where most retreats are self-funded, and we always had a good time—learning that in EA retreats are funded was a culture shock for me. For bigger conferences, I still think it is important to be able to give free tickets and even food and travel subsidies in part or full because diversity the of thought and inclusion of those who cannot afford it matters a lot. For something this small, where I expect we can recognize such cases, I think self-funded events are quite great.

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