I just got approved for the Alignment Forum. I don’t suppose you could explain why I was approved? I had others ask me about what gets someone approved.
Basically, in the runup for MSFP blog post day I reviewed a bunch of the old applications and approved three or four people, if I remember correctly. The expected pathways are something like “write good comment on LW and get them promoted to alignment forum” or “be someone whose name I recognize because of the AI alignment work (and think it’s good)” or “come to an event where we think attendees should get membership.”
Basically, in the runup for MSFP blog post day I reviewed a bunch of the old applications and approved three or four people, if I remember correctly. The expected pathways are something like “write good comment on LW and get them promoted to alignment forum” or “be someone whose name I recognize because of the AI alignment work (and think it’s good)” or “come to an event where we think attendees should get membership.”