I continue to be a fan of people trying to accomplish something in the world and reporting back on what happened. This is a good example of the genre, and on a subject near and dear to (part of) LessWrong’s collective heart.
I confidently expect somebody will read a bunch of things on LessWrong, get excited about AI, and try to get the American government to Do Something. By default this attempt will not be particularly well aimed or effective, and every piece of information we can give on the obstacles will be useful. There have been updates since 2023 on government awareness and response to AI, though I suspect the core information in this post about how to get in contact with people remains unchanged. It might even be cause area agnostic; if I wanted to talk to congress people about education or biosecurity, my guess is having draft proposals ready would be useful.
As novel is as the Dialogue feature was, I’d be interested in a tightened up version of this that cut to the key points and takeaways. I’d also be interested in hearing from people who’ve done policy work whether this seems accurate and whether it leaves anything important out- better yet from people who tried using this as a guide! Overall, yeah, I weakly think this is worth including in a Best Of LessWrong collection.
I continue to be a fan of people trying to accomplish something in the world and reporting back on what happened. This is a good example of the genre, and on a subject near and dear to (part of) LessWrong’s collective heart.
I confidently expect somebody will read a bunch of things on LessWrong, get excited about AI, and try to get the American government to Do Something. By default this attempt will not be particularly well aimed or effective, and every piece of information we can give on the obstacles will be useful. There have been updates since 2023 on government awareness and response to AI, though I suspect the core information in this post about how to get in contact with people remains unchanged. It might even be cause area agnostic; if I wanted to talk to congress people about education or biosecurity, my guess is having draft proposals ready would be useful.
As novel is as the Dialogue feature was, I’d be interested in a tightened up version of this that cut to the key points and takeaways. I’d also be interested in hearing from people who’ve done policy work whether this seems accurate and whether it leaves anything important out- better yet from people who tried using this as a guide! Overall, yeah, I weakly think this is worth including in a Best Of LessWrong collection.