What is disarming is the absence of performance: clear, careful speech grounded in knowledge, and an evident commitment to honesty to oneself and others.
The interesting thing is that it seems like this should be somewhat fakeable, but in practice it seems to be quite hard for people to fake. I have found this (being earnest, honest, and expert, not being fake!) to be my weird charisma superpower that I didn’t expect. I have also found that I don’t need to hide my passion and concern once a bit of human-to-human relating has happened over food or drink.
Plus 1 to all your points Leticia, keep up the good work!
As I recently said, I sense there’s a shift now where the demand for understanding (and battle for attention) remains, but serious people are now also demanding proposals and solutions, as you’ve noted. I suspect a failure mode here could be coming from the ivory tower with talking points without being responsive to the constraints and skills and options of the lawmakers (etc.) on the receiving end. That too will need to be a dialogue, perhaps a ‘tennis’ of sorts.
I suspect a failure mode here could be coming from the ivory tower with talking points without being responsive to the constraints and skills and options of the lawmakers (etc.) on the receiving end. That too will need to be a dialogue, perhaps a ‘tennis’ of sorts.
I used to work in policy and agree this is a likely failure mode. Especially in AI where there is so much uncertainty, having someone put their neck out to get it on a policy agenda at all can already be a success—even if they don’t go as far as you might like on highlighting the scale or urgency of the issue.
The interesting thing is that it seems like this should be somewhat fakeable, but in practice it seems to be quite hard for people to fake. I have found this (being earnest, honest, and expert, not being fake!) to be my weird charisma superpower that I didn’t expect. I have also found that I don’t need to hide my passion and concern once a bit of human-to-human relating has happened over food or drink.
Plus 1 to all your points Leticia, keep up the good work!
As I recently said, I sense there’s a shift now where the demand for understanding (and battle for attention) remains, but serious people are now also demanding proposals and solutions, as you’ve noted. I suspect a failure mode here could be coming from the ivory tower with talking points without being responsive to the constraints and skills and options of the lawmakers (etc.) on the receiving end. That too will need to be a dialogue, perhaps a ‘tennis’ of sorts.
I used to work in policy and agree this is a likely failure mode. Especially in AI where there is so much uncertainty, having someone put their neck out to get it on a policy agenda at all can already be a success—even if they don’t go as far as you might like on highlighting the scale or urgency of the issue.