21 yo studying Philosophy double major in Business Administration. I still have 2,5 years left to graduate. I’m currently leading co-organiser of EA Koç University.
I prioritize existential risks right now but I have not done my rigorous career prior yet.
Please have a extreamly low barrier to reach out, we can have a sooo casual 1:1
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Thank you for the post, as a new uni group organizer I’ll take this into account.
I think a major problem may lie in the intro-fellowship curriculum offered by CEA. It says it is an “intro” fellowship but the program discusses longtermism/x-risk framework disproportionally for 3 weeks. And for a person who just meets EA ideas newly this could bring 2 problems:
First, as Dave mentioned, some people may want to do good as much as possible but don’t buy longtermism. We might lose these people who could do amazing good.
Second, EA is weird and unintuitive. Even without ai stuff, it is still weird because of stuff like impartial altruism, prioritization, and earning to give. And if we give this content of weirdness plus the “most important century” narrative to the wanna-be EAs we might lose people who could be EA if they had encountered the ideas with a time for digestion.
This was definitely the case for me. I had a vegan advocacy background when I enrolled in my first fellowship. It was only 6 weeks and only one week was given to longtermism. Now I do believe we are in the most important century after a lot of time thinking and reading but If I was given this weird framework from the start, I may have been scared and taken a step back from EA because of the overwhelming weirdness and cultish vibes
Maybe If we slow down the creation of “ai safety people” by cutting the fellowship to 6 weeks and maybe offering a 2-week additional track program for people who are interested in longtermism. Or by just giving them resources, having 1:1s or taking them to in-depth programs.