The script is 42 pages. To get higher-quality and/or more targeted feedback, consider adding short episode summaries, and adding answers to some of my questions below to the document:
Questions re: the overall philosophy of the series:
Who is this video series targeting (number of people, demographics, education levels, …)?
E.g. my impulse whenever I see rationalists write public-facing stuff is to simplify vocabulary and language (i.e. aim more towards XKCD’s Simple Writer than towards dense LW jargon), but the target audience very much determines which complexity level to aim for.
What’s your theory of change (informing the public, convincing decision-makers, etc)?
Related question, since you’re aiming for a successful Youtube series: How much do you value the series being informative and accurate, vs. being entertaining and shareable?
Related question: Are you aiming more towards painting vivid pictures of AI doom, or towards making airtight cases that preempt all technical criticism? Do you want to make something that Yudkowsky would happily share on Twitter? Matt Yglesias? Zvi? Yann LeCun?
As part of your theory of change, do you intend to include some kind of call to action into your videos? Like donating to some AI safety organisation, calling one’s political representatives, subscribing to a newsletter, buying a product, etc.
What are your goals for the series and for each individual episode?
Questions re: your current plan for turning the screenplay into videos:
What’s your target re: video episode length?
Presumably every episode is its own video, but are the Intro and Episode 7.5 meant to be separate videos?
Presumably you’re aiming for the same animation style as your other recent Rational Animations videos? If so, what current video of yours comes closest to your intended animation style and quality?
IIRC your videos so far are usually animated video essays with a narrator. Presumably the goal here is to instead have animated episodes with 2-3 voice actors, and ~all text being spoken dialogue?
The script is 42 pages. To get higher-quality and/or more targeted feedback, consider adding short episode summaries, and adding answers to some of my questions below to the document:
Questions re: the overall philosophy of the series:
Who is this video series targeting (number of people, demographics, education levels, …)?
E.g. my impulse whenever I see rationalists write public-facing stuff is to simplify vocabulary and language (i.e. aim more towards XKCD’s Simple Writer than towards dense LW jargon), but the target audience very much determines which complexity level to aim for.
What’s your theory of change (informing the public, convincing decision-makers, etc)?
Related question, since you’re aiming for a successful Youtube series: How much do you value the series being informative and accurate, vs. being entertaining and shareable?
Related question: Are you aiming more towards painting vivid pictures of AI doom, or towards making airtight cases that preempt all technical criticism? Do you want to make something that Yudkowsky would happily share on Twitter? Matt Yglesias? Zvi? Yann LeCun?
As part of your theory of change, do you intend to include some kind of call to action into your videos? Like donating to some AI safety organisation, calling one’s political representatives, subscribing to a newsletter, buying a product, etc.
What are your goals for the series and for each individual episode?
Questions re: your current plan for turning the screenplay into videos:
What’s your target re: video episode length?
Presumably every episode is its own video, but are the Intro and Episode 7.5 meant to be separate videos?
Presumably you’re aiming for the same animation style as your other recent Rational Animations videos? If so, what current video of yours comes closest to your intended animation style and quality?
IIRC your videos so far are usually animated video essays with a narrator. Presumably the goal here is to instead have animated episodes with 2-3 voice actors, and ~all text being spoken dialogue?
Etc.