I think the Sanity & Survival Summit that we ran in 2022 would be an obvious pointer to something I would like to run more of (I would want to change some things about the framing of the event, but I overall think that was pretty good).
Another thing I’ve been thinking about is a retreat on something like “high-integrity AI x-risk comms” where people who care a lot about x-risk and care a lot about communicating it accurately to a broader audience can talk to each other (we almost ran something like this in early 2023). Think Kelsey, Palisade, Scott Alexander, some people from Redwood, some of the MIRI people working on this, maybe some people from the labs. Not sure how well it would work, but it’s one of the things I would most like to attend (and to what degree that’s a shared desire would come out quickly in user interviews)
Though my general sense is that it’s a mistake to try to orient things like this too much around a specific agenda. You mostly want to leave it up to the attendees to figure out what they want to talk to each other about, and do a bunch of surveying and scoping of who people want to talk to each other more, and then just facilitate a space and a basic framework for those conversations and meetings to happen.
Another thing I’ve been thinking about is a retreat on something like “high-integrity AI x-risk comms” where people who care a lot about x-risk and care a lot about communicating it accurately to a broader audience can talk to each other.
I think this is a great idea that would serve an urgent need. I’d urge to you do it in the near future.
Agree with both the OP and Habryka’s pitch. The Meetup Organizers Retreat hosted at Lighthaven in 2022 was a huge inflection point for my personal involvement with the community.
I’d be interested to hear what kind of things you’d want to do with funding; this does seem like a potentially good use of funds
I think the Sanity & Survival Summit that we ran in 2022 would be an obvious pointer to something I would like to run more of (I would want to change some things about the framing of the event, but I overall think that was pretty good).
Another thing I’ve been thinking about is a retreat on something like “high-integrity AI x-risk comms” where people who care a lot about x-risk and care a lot about communicating it accurately to a broader audience can talk to each other (we almost ran something like this in early 2023). Think Kelsey, Palisade, Scott Alexander, some people from Redwood, some of the MIRI people working on this, maybe some people from the labs. Not sure how well it would work, but it’s one of the things I would most like to attend (and to what degree that’s a shared desire would come out quickly in user interviews)
Though my general sense is that it’s a mistake to try to orient things like this too much around a specific agenda. You mostly want to leave it up to the attendees to figure out what they want to talk to each other about, and do a bunch of surveying and scoping of who people want to talk to each other more, and then just facilitate a space and a basic framework for those conversations and meetings to happen.
I think this is a great idea that would serve an urgent need. I’d urge to you do it in the near future.
Agree with both the OP and Habryka’s pitch. The Meetup Organizers Retreat hosted at Lighthaven in 2022 was a huge inflection point for my personal involvement with the community.