This is awesome! There are a number of factors that make sharing AI safety career opportunities feel particularly valuable to me right now:
AI safety roles are more abundant and lucrative now than ever before.
Salience of AI risks are higher now than ever before.
Concreteness of what people can be doing to help feels higher now than ever before (see the latest Holden Karnofsky 80k episode)
I think Jen’s approach is very impactful (and creative/cool!) For anyone reading this post: I think that reaching out directly to CS/ML people in your life (e.g, SWEs who have been laid off or are fearing layoffs) to make this case and share career infrastructure resources (80k, Bluedot, High Impact Professionals, ARENA, AI Safety Map etc) represents an enormously high-leverage opportunity for impact
*Responding in a personal capacity*
Hi Adrian, thanks for asking! My understanding is that Europeans (who are not US citizens) cannot make 501c4 donations.
There are 501c3 giving opportunities – for example, earmarking gifts to the Uproot Center within Earth Share – however I’ve heard that these c3 are less cost-effective than c4 opportunities (like the AMPA linked in this post) at causing the desired legislative change.
I’m not sure about the extent to which c3 opportunities differ from c4 opportunities in cost-effectiveness. However, I’ve heard that c4 donations are recommended for US citizens even though they are not tax-deductible, which suggests the difference in cost-effectiveness could be at least 30%.
I’ll also note that the EA Animal Welfare Fund (a 501c3) still represents a very strong donation option to help animals in my view. I’m not confident in which of the Uproot Center or EA AWF is more cost-effective at the current moment, but I am confident that the EA Animal Welfare Fund is incredibly cost-effective.