gergo
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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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Thanks for the update!
Where does this overall leave you in terms of your public association with EA? Many orgs (including ones that are not just focused on AIS) are trying to dissociate themselves from the EA brand due to reputational reasons.
80k is arguably the one org that has the largest audience from the "outside world", while also having close ties with the EA community. Are you guys going to keep the status quo?
I will add my two cents on this in this footnote[1] too, but I would be super curious to hear your thoughts!
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I think in the short term association with EA is not helpful for anyone that is trying to be taken seriously on the world stage, but it also comes with downsides. We would probably want to see if the "short timelines AGI" bet pays off by 2030 or so. If it doesn't, the costs will start to outweigh the short-term gains. (In the meantime we should also invest more into EA PR)
At the same time, by 2030 AIS might also grow enough to not be reliant on EA in terms of funding and talent.
Thanks for writing this up!
Scale 1:1 advising with options for peers and buddy cohorts
For those interested in AIS, aisafety.com has a list of advisors to whom you can talk.
We are currently waiting on a grant decision from LTFF. I think sending people to EA Brussels makes sense for now, they have a contact email on the website or you can send them directly to Tom if you know him, (I can also) share his contact. If you think that the person you run into could be promising for fieldbuilding, consider referring them to our EOI form! :)
Gotcha! One bit of feedback I have is that unless you expect to fill all spots easily, it might be easier to get a sense of the number of people interested if you put out a deadline. You can still extend it or just turn to rolling applications afterward. My experience is that people otherwise just like to wait until the last moment (most applications come at the same day as the deadline, at least for courses I ran)