I have a broad sense that AI safety thinking has evolved a bunch over the years, and I think it would be cool to have a retrospective of "here are some concrete things that used to be pretty central that we now think are either incorrect or at least incorrectly focused" Of course it's hard enough to get a broad overview of what everyone thinks now, let alone what they used to think but discarded. (this is probably also useful outside of AI safety, but I think it would be most useful there)

Last night, I quickly thumbed through the websites (and Ambitious Impact listings) of some smaller charities as I started thinking about my end of year giving plans.  I'd encourage smaller orgs to refer to something on their website dated within the past few months -- an event, a dated blog post, etc. -- that the median website visitor will ~quickly see. This is particularly true if the website refers to more distant events, has older-dated blog posts, etc. Without some indicator of freshness, the visitor may be left uncertain whether the org is still meaningfully active and potentially worth funding. After all, the closure rate for small, new orgs is not low. [Caveats: the thumbing was on mobile, while taking a bath, and at the end of a difficult day, so there could easily have been misses on my part]

At this point, we need an 80k page on "What to do after leaving Open AI" 1. Don't start another AI safety lab

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Having a nondual Awakening was the second most important thing to happen in to me (after my daughters birth). It has led to incredibly low levels of suffering and incredibly high levels of wellbeing. I write this because I think it is still incredibly under-appreciated and attainable for most people (maybe literally anyone). There are traditions (Dzogchen, Zen, modern nonduality) where this shift in consciousness can be experienced simply by hearing the right combination of words and insights. As our understanding and tools for communicating these insights evolve, including through advances in AI, I believe this transformative experience could become accessible to many more people.