Just another struggler for self-improvement. Founder of Crystallect.
Yaroslav Granowski
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Thank you Saulius! “Augmenting human cognition” sounds cool. I definitely need work on my wording. And elevator pitch is an intriguing concept. Though I’ll abstain from LLMing it, better to learn that myself, one can’t take LLM to an elevator :)
r/ProgrammingLanguages was my very first place to begin with. In two weeks I’ve got like 120 visitors from programmer communities, 100 of whom downloaded the documentation, but the only feedback was that it is hard to understand.
Definitely, the documentation could be better. My reasoning here is that writing obsoletable documentation for a proof-of-concept should only be a small part of fundraising. And fundraising effort itself should be smaller than the effort needed for actual research. So, 2 weeks seemed a reasonable price.
You are absolutely right. Should I edit my post, delete it or leave it as it is with adding a comment? I’m new here and don’t know what is the right way to retract something. Already answered in LW with a link to your comment.
added: Just replaced “my proposals” with “my previous proposals to other funds”. Doesn’t change the narrative, only clarifies.
Thank you for clarification!
>> If this is the case, maybe it makes sense for EA Funds to consider having a separate fund for expert evaluation of promising projects?
>This is supposed to be what each fund does right now.
And exactly how I used to think about. My misunderstanding then. Sorry for making a fuss out of nothing.
>I’m not sure why your application was rejected, as when I did a quick search, I couldn’t see any applications from your forum username.
Because I didn’t apply yet :) Before tried NLNet, ConvergentResearch, SingularityNet, and recently OpenPhilantropy’s “New moonshots for aligning superintelligence”
Thinking more about the communication gap you’ve mentioned, there are gaps, indeed:
There is some weird programming tool with a lukewarm welcome in its target group.
There is a weird guy seeking money for some small step in the development of that tool, with an ambitious and unfounded claim that in a distant future this may lead to the user’s superintelligence.
Perhaps I should make an elevator pitch for the research goals of this particular step that I’m seeking funding for. To figure out first, which particular knowledge fields may benefit from the expected findings.