Iām an academic working at the intersection of psychology, evidence synthesis, and AI governance. My mission is to reduce the worst risks from advanced AI and help people do the most good they can.
Originally from Sydney but fell in love with a Queenslander. Proud dad of three gorgeous boys.
I am looking to expand my team of researchers, so interested in PhD candidates and funding for early-career researchers.
I have strong methodological expertise in a few areas that might be valuable:
Richard I really love your writing, but as a parent I find it so hard to just sit and read stuff. 95% of the forum's content I get via the podcast feeds. Now, I don't expect everyone to go full Experimental History or Joe Carlsmith and audio narrate each post, but unless you're wanting to keep things on Substack turf, you might consider cross-posting the full thing here (like Bentham's Bulldog did for the critique of the wired article). I don't ask this of everyone, so please consider this a compliment: I love your work and want it in my ears.[1]
That sounded weirder than I meant it to
Hanania gives some interesting arguments for why here: https://www.richardhanania.com/p/effective-altruism-thinks-youre-hitler
One lens to look at this is less through the āweāre all similarly qualifiedā like the AMA but more through the āweāre working with the same valuesā or āweāre working on similar problemsā like the Institute of Public Administration Australia. These have no qualification requirements. Still they offer similar things to what ea communities try to do https://qld.ipaa.org.au/for-individuals/
Where did this project end up? Any public results?