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This post is co-authored with Ben Garfinkel. It is cross-posted from the CEA blog. A PDF version can be found here. Summary: Some strategic decisions available to the effective altruism m...

Disclaimer: Although I work on the Groups Team at CEA, I’m writing this in a personal capacity, and this post does not constitute an endorsement by CEA.  Agency - the realisation that you really can just do things. TL;DR Biosecurity needs people (of any background) who are agentic and have a high execution velocity and track record....

Summary Making AI safe and good requires many people to be ready to address crucial problems. However, our current “pipelines” for finding, training, and accelerating talented individuals who could work on these problems are “leaky”, meaning there are many ways they can be improved. This post shows my full overview of the AI safety talent pipeline: where people come from, where they go to learn more, and why this is impactful. I also describe some “leaks” in the pipeline: stages that...