I find it encouraging that CG are investing in things like capacity building and relying on anecdotal evidence as insight. Ten years ago, my impression is this would have been almost EA-heretical in the face of "gold-standard" RCT canon. Reading this article, I'm more convinced that high-impact opportunities do exist to build and bridge AI Safety communities, and that it's a meaningful direction to contribute to. I can't help but think that there are unaddressed niches in uniting a relatively fractured ecosystem across industry, government, and research. Practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers are very important roles, but they are only part of the equation as anyone familiar with organizational behavior knows. Here's to the generalists who can also make many things happen :)
Congrats on the funding! And thanks for sharing so much detail on your vision and strategy. I've been very interested in contributing to this space and have been speaking with a variety of international university groups over the past few months about exactly these types of initiatives (at a more grass roots level). I'd be happy to help connect you with them!
Hi everyone, I'm Roland. I've worked in econometrics and experimentation for tech and consumer companies for many years and have been lurking on EA for the past couple. I'm a bit of a polymath, with a couple graduate degrees in computational physics and business administration. I'd like to engage more with people who are interested in working on effective and novel solutions to problems like extreme poverty, AI safety, and health. I am action-oriented and interested particularly in exploring low-friction, big-if-true POC solutions that can be trialed in these domains. I love meeting new people so feel free to say hi :)
I would like to propose a related study:
Null Hypothesis: AI Safety talent programs are harmful.
Result: Null hypothesis rejected.
Study complete.
Not adding much here, but did the product team ever consider calling it "Witcher"?
Thank you for sharing @abergal
I find it encouraging that CG are investing in things like capacity building and relying on anecdotal evidence as insight. Ten years ago, my impression is this would have been almost EA-heretical in the face of "gold-standard" RCT canon. Reading this article, I'm more convinced that high-impact opportunities do exist to build and bridge AI Safety communities, and that it's a meaningful direction to contribute to. I can't help but think that there are unaddressed niches in uniting a relatively fractured ecosystem across industry, government, and research. Practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers are very important roles, but they are only part of the equation as anyone familiar with organizational behavior knows. Here's to the generalists who can also make many things happen :)
Congrats on the funding! And thanks for sharing so much detail on your vision and strategy. I've been very interested in contributing to this space and have been speaking with a variety of international university groups over the past few months about exactly these types of initiatives (at a more grass roots level). I'd be happy to help connect you with them!
Hi everyone, I'm Roland. I've worked in econometrics and experimentation for tech and consumer companies for many years and have been lurking on EA for the past couple. I'm a bit of a polymath, with a couple graduate degrees in computational physics and business administration. I'd like to engage more with people who are interested in working on effective and novel solutions to problems like extreme poverty, AI safety, and health. I am action-oriented and interested particularly in exploring low-friction, big-if-true POC solutions that can be trialed in these domains. I love meeting new people so feel free to say hi :)