Does anyone know of a dedicated space where people in the EA / rationalist community can discuss parenting? For e.g. my daughter is 2YO and I’m wondering how much effort I should put into having her placed in a “Good” school. Discussions on this topic would be super valuable for me and I don’t trust mainstream sources.
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[Question] Who should we give books on AI X-risk to?
About my job: Head of Marketing @ Spark Wave
[Question] Why isn’t there a Charity Entrepreneurship program for AI Safety?
Hello, I’d just like to say that I enjoy your honesty almost as much as your writing style. Keep them both up.
Question: I’ve noticed CE is investing in tobacco regulation. This has made me wonder if alcohol regulation been considered as a cause area? In some ways its externalities are worse (e.g. domestic violence). I’m very uncertain about its tractability and neglectedness compared to tobacco though.
Can you provide a historical example of advocacy that you think reaches a high level of thoughtfulness and consideration?
I’d be interested to getting people’s thoughts on who it makes sense to give books to? I mean, people in our day-to-day sphere of influence (this could be an ML engineer who isn’t alignment pilled, but only if they’re your friend or relative).
Some possible answers from chatgpt:
Colleagues in tech industry: Foster responsible AI practices.
Friends and family: Promote public awareness and discussions.
Local community leaders: Advocate for responsible AI policies.
Students: Shape future professionals’ ethical perspectives.
n = 1 but my wife has worked in non-EA non-profits her whole career, and this is pretty much true. Its mostly women earning poorly at the non-profit, while husbands makes bank at the big corporate.
thanks!
[Question] What happened to the contra kidney donation post?
This is good feedback! I’ll make it clearer that this is something to consider, not to do without consideration 👍
Only done it once, didn’t have it available. But believe you me, the day will come where I have an idea you like. You just wait.
Great post Chris, very clear. I’d like to add something of a bummer reply, to anyone reading:
Please don’t work on AI Safety unless what is motivating you is the genuine desire to have a positive impact.
I think there is already a real failure mode where status motivated people are joining the space because (1) of the attention it is getting among the general public. I.e. it is ‘sexy’ and (2) the people they respect are also in the space.
If this kind of person is put in the position of losing status for what one believes is good and true (e.g. Stanislov Petrov) then I don’t trust them to make the right decisions.
Maybe I’ll write a post about this...
Thanks for your thoughtful reply, I appreciate it :)
I am a bit confused still. I’m struggling to see how the work of GWWC is similar to the Pause Movement? Unless you’re saying there is a vocal contingent of EAs (who don’t work for GWWC) who publicly advocate (to non-EAs) for donating ≥ 10% of your income? I haven’t seen these people.In short, I’m struggling to see how they’re analogous situations.
Hate to be that guy, but I’d love a TLDR at the top as a way of gauging the substance of the post before committing X minutes to learning more. No biggie though, you do you.
Hi Darren—I do AI Safety community / movement building in Australia.
Firstly, congrats on the book!
Second, I think book giveaways are a great way to create engagement for Community Builders. I wonder if there is a way to buy in bulk and get your book at a discount?
I think it would be great to have the option to listen to comments on the forum (i.e. audio comments).
The ea forum has some very long comments. Sometimes longer than the original post. This is a good thing, but for reasons I think are obvious (LMK if they aren’t) I think it would be good to be able to listen to them.
I subscribe to naturalreaders.com (best $90 I ever spent FYI), and it plugs into the desktop version of chatGPT like the below. I am suggesting something similar for the forum.
Possible this isn’t an accident, but I couldn’t find an address for the campus (also, it looks awesome).
Not a question, just wanted to say that your commitment (to impact) and (actual) impact is inspiring.