Thanks for linking these posts, it’s useful to see a different perspective to the one I feel gets exposed the most.
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Thank you for sharing this! Really great post—answers lots of the questions that I had, thank you.
I hadn’t thought of the fact that people may think they have no power so just kind of...don’t think about it. I suppose more work needs to be done to show that people can work on it.
These are interesting findings! Be interesting to see if these kind of results are similar elsewhere.
This is a really great point and makes sense as to why it’s a lot less spoken about than other risks.
Thanks for this comment, it’s exactly the type of thing I was looking for. The person who comes to mind for me would be Louis Theroux...although he mainly makes documentaries more on people than on ‘things’ nonetheless some of his documentaries grapple with issues around ethics or morality. Think it might be a bit of stretch to imagine this actually happening though, but he does meet the criteria I would say.
These are useful points, thank you!
Definitely a fair point!
This is a really useful (and kind of scary) perspective. Thanks for sharing.
Hey thanks for this post. I think this kind of perspective is really important and one I wish I would see more of in the EA community.
As you probably gathered from my post, I felt like the high impact jobs that are promoted feel out of reach to me—and I probably shouldn’t bother getting upset about this as there likely are people who are a better fit than me and would do a better job. I feel as though the idea of finding out on a more personal level how you can make the most impact should be promoted more in EA—I know that is what it’s about at its core, but it does get lost in all the info out there about being an AI alignment researcher or stopping the next pandemic.
Hey thanks for these really concrete steps! I appreciate you highlighting these other parts of the EA community as I really wasn’t aware of them before I posted this.
And that’s a really great point about the conferences—think it’s key to be mindful that people might be trying to portray a certain image.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate this—it can definitely be challening to see good qualities I have sometimes...so thank you for posting this.
Thank you so much for this comment! The points you made about the community needing different types of skills is great and I totally agree...your comment (and lots of others) has definitely helped open my mind up and think a bit more about ways in which I could be useful here...even if it’s outside the traditional view I had of what an EA is...so thank you for that!!
Thank you for this comment. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only person feeling this way and I totally relate to the feeling of undermining yourself, this is something I am trying to work on too!
Hey no I haven’t thought about setting up a group like that but I definitely think it could be a good idea! The original ideas I learnt about right when I got involved are the most exciting to me...I’m sure others feel the same
Some great ideas here, thank you! I’ve talked to my husband a lot about EA but like you do find it a bit challenging to branch out to others. I think this is something worth me working on though.
Thank you for this comment! It’s really great to know I’m not alone with this—and I hope you start to find your way, I know how confusing it can feel to be completely lost. I’d love to connect with you. I will send a DM!
This is definitely a good point. I have had really great experiences with every EA i’ve met and actually talked too—I guess it’s what I see online that I’ve struggled with. I could definitely make more of an effort to not get so tied up in the parts which don’t work for me.
I think ‘finding a way to be useful’ is a great way to think about it, and something I’m going to consider going forward!
That’s definitely unexpected, I wonder if maybe when people are questioned about it, they say they’re worried about it...but that generally it’s not on their mind as a big worry. I could be wrong though.