gergo
Bio
My name is Gergő, and my academic background is in psychology. I’m the director at the European Network for AI Safety and founder of Amplify, a marketing agency dedicated to helping fieldbuilding projects. My journey into communitybuilding started in 2019 with organising EA meetups on a volunteer basis.
I started doing full-time paid work in CB in 2021, when I founded an EA club at my university (it wasn’t supposed to be full-time at least at the beginning, but you know how it is). This grew into a city group and eventually into a national group called EA Hungary. We also spun out an AIS group in 2022, which I’m still leading. AIS Hungary is one of the few AIS groups that have 2+ FTE working for them.
Previously I was a volunteer charity analyst and analysis coordinator for SoGive, an experience I think of fondly and I’m grateful for. I have also done some academic research in psychology.
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Great post, thanks for writing! I think volunteering is underrated in EA.
This is just an anecdote, but when I was trying to get into the EA mental health space, I was volunteering for SoGive. We happened to start working on a project on mental health. It allowed me a chance to connect and attend a call with the director of StrongMinds, despite having heard of EA only a few months ago.
Hey! I have written this post to help people get the most out of conferences. Perhaps it can be a useful read before the conference :)
Tacit knowledge: how I *exactly* approach EAG(x) conferences
Disclaimer: I have a friend working at CAIP.
It's incredibly sad to hear CAIP might needs to shut down. They are one of the very few adults in the room in Washington. If their team doesn't meet the bar of funders, I don't know who else should.
(Of course, it's more complicated than that, see LeahC's comment).
Thanks for providing additional context! Really excited about this event series going forward!