Great post! I strongly recommend Peter Singer's book "Ethics into Action" for more details on exactly this approach to activism. It's definitely my all-time favourite nonfiction book and I was really surprised it got so little attention compared to his other books!
Thanks for this post, I had no idea posts or comments couldn't be deleted after a certain time. This seems like a pretty major privacy flaw, and as someone who cares strongly about digital privacy it certainly makes me more hesitant to post or comment in the future.
As far as I know though, it's still possible to change the username and email attached to your activity? This could be a way of anonymizing yourself, although of course this isn't perfect and doesn't let you take action on specific posts or comments.
It also seems a little ironic that a community that is so concerned with future AI capabilities could seemingly ignore one of its dangers and make it impossible to remove personally identifiable data, given that in a world with powerful AI systems personal data could potentially be harvested significantly more efficiently than they are now.
I love the EA Forum but I'm personally quite glad I chose not to use my real name on here...
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My teachers always told us to be as specific as possible when choosing the research question and topic. For example, instead of picking AGI as a topic which is very general, it would be something much more specific like "How has recent developments in AI research affected AGI timelines?" This way you can go into detail and cover everything in your presentation instead of needing to quickly summarise a very broad topic.
Of course this is just an example and you can pick something different, but as advice I would say try to be as specific as you can in your research question, and don't be afraid to pivot slightly if your research leads you to finding a more interesting question.
Hey Arthur! I don't have any valuable advice to give you, but I just wanted to say I was also a BFI student in France who finished their Global Affairs project and graduated just last year. I didn't really know what project idea to pick and wish I would've had the foresight to pick AGI since it would've been a lot more interesting than what I picked, so good for you! Good luck on your search for your Global Partner, good luck on your baccalaureate and try not to stress too much despite French schools being very stressful as we know :)
This is a great extension! I've added it to my browser and will be sharing it to a friend. One question though: How can I find out how much money I've raised for THL (besides the $3 for signing up)? Currently I have 42 impact points but I don't know how much money this actually translates to.
But if there's a single issue in the world we should engage with deeply instead of outsourcing, isn't it this one? Isn't this pretty much the most important question in the world from the perspective of an effective altruist?
Should EA avoid using AI art for non-research purposes?
I voted 100% agree.
As a young person, I know that my first impression seeing AI art on this forum, a forum that's specifically meant to be concerned about the harms of AI came off as extremely hypocritical, and I know for a fact that many of my friends sympathetic to EA principles would feel the same.
Even if EAs could argue that using AI art is a net positive, (which I don't considering how little the benefits are in the vast majority of cases), I just don't think this is a hill EAs should be willing to die on.
An overwhelming majority of young people, leftists, and people concerned about AI (basically our target audience) strongly oppose AI art, and in plastering AI art everywhere we basically guarantee that our target audience will at least have an initial sour taste in their mouth seeing this forum.
AI art is far from the biggest potential concern surrounding AI. However, it's the concern that people seem to care the most about, and it's crucial to use this concern to get people on our side, and promote other more pressing issues related to AI.
Do we really want to promote something that's wildly unpopular among our target audience and make ourselves seem like hypocrites for very little apparent benefit?
Great post! I strongly recommend Peter Singer's book "Ethics into Action" for more details on exactly this approach to activism. It's definitely my all-time favourite nonfiction book and I was really surprised it got so little attention compared to his other books!
Thanks for this post, I had no idea posts or comments couldn't be deleted after a certain time. This seems like a pretty major privacy flaw, and as someone who cares strongly about digital privacy it certainly makes me more hesitant to post or comment in the future.
As far as I know though, it's still possible to change the username and email attached to your activity? This could be a way of anonymizing yourself, although of course this isn't perfect and doesn't let you take action on specific posts or comments.
It also seems a little ironic that a community that is so concerned with future AI capabilities could seemingly ignore one of its dangers and make it impossible to remove personally identifiable data, given that in a world with powerful AI systems personal data could potentially be harvested significantly more efficiently than they are now.
I love the EA Forum but I'm personally quite glad I chose not to use my real name on here...
I don't think pointing out problems with the effectiveness of your approach is the same as "threatening not to care".
My teachers always told us to be as specific as possible when choosing the research question and topic. For example, instead of picking AGI as a topic which is very general, it would be something much more specific like "How has recent developments in AI research affected AGI timelines?" This way you can go into detail and cover everything in your presentation instead of needing to quickly summarise a very broad topic.
Of course this is just an example and you can pick something different, but as advice I would say try to be as specific as you can in your research question, and don't be afraid to pivot slightly if your research leads you to finding a more interesting question.
Hopefully that's helpful!
Hey Arthur! I don't have any valuable advice to give you, but I just wanted to say I was also a BFI student in France who finished their Global Affairs project and graduated just last year. I didn't really know what project idea to pick and wish I would've had the foresight to pick AGI since it would've been a lot more interesting than what I picked, so good for you! Good luck on your search for your Global Partner, good luck on your baccalaureate and try not to stress too much despite French schools being very stressful as we know :)
This is a great extension! I've added it to my browser and will be sharing it to a friend. One question though: How can I find out how much money I've raised for THL (besides the $3 for signing up)? Currently I have 42 impact points but I don't know how much money this actually translates to.
I'd really like to see an analysis of how necessary (or not!) academic degrees are for making an impact.
But if there's a single issue in the world we should engage with deeply instead of outsourcing, isn't it this one? Isn't this pretty much the most important question in the world from the perspective of an effective altruist?
I sent them a quick message in English.
I voted 100% agree.
As a young person, I know that my first impression seeing AI art on this forum, a forum that's specifically meant to be concerned about the harms of AI came off as extremely hypocritical, and I know for a fact that many of my friends sympathetic to EA principles would feel the same.
Even if EAs could argue that using AI art is a net positive, (which I don't considering how little the benefits are in the vast majority of cases), I just don't think this is a hill EAs should be willing to die on.
An overwhelming majority of young people, leftists, and people concerned about AI (basically our target audience) strongly oppose AI art, and in plastering AI art everywhere we basically guarantee that our target audience will at least have an initial sour taste in their mouth seeing this forum.
AI art is far from the biggest potential concern surrounding AI. However, it's the concern that people seem to care the most about, and it's crucial to use this concern to get people on our side, and promote other more pressing issues related to AI.
Do we really want to promote something that's wildly unpopular among our target audience and make ourselves seem like hypocrites for very little apparent benefit?