Thanks Ben. A useful outside comparison from climate communications and asking whether the same kind of infrastructure is missing here.
The main thing I’d keep testing with the engagement you get (and can you find 10 people or so to send it through to directly for comment?) is whether public engagement is actually a bottleneck for AI safety right now, and if so, for which audience. It may be that the strongest audience is perhaps supporting policy audiences, professional groups or organisations already doing adjacent work in that order?
I’d also watch whether the Climate Outreach analogy is doing too much work. AI safety may need something similar in function, but quite different in audience, governance, neutrality, legitimacy, and risk management. Interesting to find out!
Either way, I think this is a strong next move. It should give you useful information about the ecosystem, the culture, the gaps, and whether this kind of work gives you energy. It also seems like a good way to test the “translator / operator / bridge-builder” role we discussed, without needing to prematurely commit to founding anything.
Thanks Ben. A useful outside comparison from climate communications and asking whether the same kind of infrastructure is missing here.
The main thing I’d keep testing with the engagement you get (and can you find 10 people or so to send it through to directly for comment?) is whether public engagement is actually a bottleneck for AI safety right now, and if so, for which audience. It may be that the strongest audience is perhaps supporting policy audiences, professional groups or organisations already doing adjacent work in that order?
I’d also watch whether the Climate Outreach analogy is doing too much work. AI safety may need something similar in function, but quite different in audience, governance, neutrality, legitimacy, and risk management. Interesting to find out!
Either way, I think this is a strong next move. It should give you useful information about the ecosystem, the culture, the gaps, and whether this kind of work gives you energy. It also seems like a good way to test the “translator / operator / bridge-builder” role we discussed, without needing to prematurely commit to founding anything.