Jen baik

• Jen baik 8 Sep 2026 5:37 UTC

  2 points

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  on: Where do you point new­com­ers who want to get in­volved in AI safety?

  Hm.. i think the whole problem with sending links is that there’s way too much capital C crap everywhere—links galore. Coaching programs exist largely to help people weed out whats relevant & personalized to them (could this be a scalable product? hm)

  This exists: https://​​www.linkedin.com/​​pulse/​​ai-safety-field-guide-i-wish-id-had-benedikt-oehmen-yttge/​​?trackingId=HY3mwWrabmAMwyeet47c7Q%3D%3D

  My post-event emails as a reference: https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​EhLhrrEEG6Jo9kYJv/​​learnings-from-a-viral-linkedin-post-what-ai-safety-means-to

  • I can tell you that MOST people did not click the links I shared in my linkedin post. alas psychological phenomenon of link overload and lack of activation energy to put eyeballs to read a page.

  https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​GPxMDHApaLwL3phjv/​​ai-safety-career-fair-and-builders-summit-sf-retrospective

• Jen baik 4 Sep 2026 5:26 UTC

  57 points

  23 ∶ 3

  on: Jenba’s Quick takes

  The “Desperate” AI Safety Talent Bottleneck is deeply misleading. Please.stop.

  I worked at Google.

  Google does not tell applicants that there is a talent bottleneck and they are desperately hiring. They say “we’re cool, join us!”

  I didn’t get into Harvard.

  Harvard does not tell applicants that they are desperately seeking students. I am not misled.

  I’ve gotten rejected from countless AI Safety organizations.

  AI Safety tells applicants—we are in desperate need of talent (operators/​generalists)! Please join us!

  I’ve coached 70+ aspiring career pivoters on navigating the ecosystem. A common theme is the dejection & disappointment from all this rejection. Because of this false marketing, I am the one picking up the pieces to calibrate professionals on how difficult, competitive, and picky organizations are, how to build context, and how to endure the marathon, which is like any other job hunt.

  Please.stop.

  Some alternatives:

  • We are an exciting, growing organization and you should apply for our roles!

  • Many people are excited to work for us—here are qualities of candidates we’re especially excited about.

  • EA roles are competitive, and we would still love to see your application.

  Relevant posts:

  • https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​B6d8Wzk4gNzHsXvdi/​​ai-safety-is-extremely-bottlenecked-on-grantmakers?commentId=n2Rd7RR4y9EnKP42F

  • https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​b82SLXwEHRCs3TFJA/​​why-experienced-professionals-fail-to-land-high-impact-roles

  • https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​jmbP9rwXncfa32seH/​​after-one-year-of-applying-for-ea-jobs-it-is-really-really

AI Safety Ca­reer Fair & Builders Sum­mit SF—Retrospective

• Jen baik 17 Jun 2026 7:11 UTC

  4 points

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  on: Build­ing Ideas-First EA

  | As long as you’re taking the question of doing Big Good seriously, we want you to host discussions of everything from RCTs, to fundamental science, to YIMBY, to post-AGI politics, and more.

  Especially excited about this & happy to help out if y’all need an extra pair of hands

• Jen baik 16 Jun 2026 5:49 UTC

  19 points

  5 ∶ 2

  on: Jenba’s Quick takes

  Mox Movie Nights watched Slumdog Millionaire today and it reminded me of the why behind the work. We’re not here to EV-max, to gain impact points, to count utils. We’re here because the world is unfair, suffering is prolific, and need to find a way through it.

• Jen baik 6 Jun 2026 22:56 UTC

  1 point

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  in reply to: Martin (Huge) Vlach’s comment on: Learn­ings from a ‘viral’ Linkedin post: What AI Safety means to tal­ent out­side the ecosys­tem

  These are article views specifically (people who clicked on the guide). Here it is: Linkedin post

• Jen baik 6 Jun 2026 22:55 UTC

  1 point

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  in reply to: Sam Anschell’s comment on: Learn­ings from a ‘viral’ Linkedin post: What AI Safety means to tal­ent out­side the ecosys­tem

  🥹 and +1 that is one of my favorite episodes

Learn­ings from a ‘viral’ Linkedin post: What AI Safety means to tal­ent out­side the ecosys­tem

• Jen baik 1 Jun 2026 19:11 UTC

  1 point

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  on: The Lon­don EA Events Luma page is LIVE! – sub­scribe & share your events

  As I’m sending this to an AIS person, wanted to recommend including Luma tags for different cause areas (EA SF kinda does this but more Adjacent vs EA SF organized) https://​​luma.com/​​calendar/​​cal-D5yWBPY7IroUiUX

• Jen baik 24 May 2026 3:10 UTC

  2 points

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  on: Ste­ward­ship in EA’s Most Im­por­tant Era

  this post struck me as heartfelt & earnest. a warm cup of vegan soup for the soul

• Jen baik 22 May 2026 5:50 UTC

  3 points

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  in reply to: Tomás Aguirre’s comment on: A Plea to the Laid-off, from an ex-Googler

  thank you! nudge nudge- 80k nudge nudge

A Plea to the Laid-off, from an ex-Googler

• Jen baik 21 May 2026 5:19 UTC

  5 points

  1 ∶ 0

  on: I Need You To Un­der­stand That “Mov­ing Fast and Break­ing Things” Is Play­ing With Peo­ples’ Lives

  This post speaks to the first principles and EA-agnostic part of me. I think anger is totally fine and don’t really agree with the emotionless aspect of EA. If the forum’s objective is a professional organization with formality, then sure. But if its more flexible in the direction of Reddit, I’m happy to read and resonate the raw and hard aspects of striving for suffering alleviation. Good for diversity of thought. (Minus uh ecoterrorism equivalent sentiment)

• Jen baik 20 May 2026 23:48 UTC

  2 points

  1 ∶ 0

  on: Jenba’s Quick takes

  Have @Matt Beard and @Mjreard considered having a child and naming it Matt BrEArdon?

The EA case for an EA Group House + how to start one (its easy!)

• Jen baik 27 Apr 2026 1:35 UTC

  3 points

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  on: List of my Fa­vorite Named Adages, Apho­risms, Dic­tums, Laws, Max­ims, and Rules to Live By

  Manson’s Law: the more a situation or action threatens your identity, the more you will avoid it

• Jen baik 21 Apr 2026 21:40 UTC

  1 point

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  on: “Art with EA Vibes” database — what should I in­clude?

  Can you make it easier to submit (volume) by making fields optional? I.e. I’d love to just submit a handful of links—AI can generate the summary etc.

• Jen baik 11 Mar 2026 20:11 UTC

  1 point

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  on: Mox is the largest AI Safety com­mu­nity space in San Fran­cisco. We’re fundrais­ing!

  I recently moved from NYC to SF and Mox has been absolutely critical in creating positive-sum connections.

  Ex:

  • Started a group house with 3 Moxians through a discord post—increasing all of our QOL—joy & impact,

  • Getting connected to Seldon Lab and offering them Generalist support in a regular capacity,

  • Schelling point for EA SF—significant mental load removed for regular event planning as well as community consolidation.

  We are greater than the sum of our parts through Mox.

EA can feel like an over­bear­ing parent

Jenba’s Quick takes