Thanks for your response. I was hoping for some way to make a difference through in-person interactions for a couple of reasons:
the people engaging in these discussions in places like reddit are probably already familiar with the topic to some degree. But IRL, I could reach people who are not already visiting places on the internet where these topics are commonly discussed.
Online dialogue often doesn’t give you much feedback to work with. If I post something that gets no response or a negative response, I can only speculate why. But in person, as long as I’ve got someone’s attention initially, they probably aren’t going to just stare at me with a blank poker face and then walk away silently. I’ll get some sort of reaction, which can be used to tailor my message and how it is presented.
But you’re right, online dialogue matters and shouldn’t be dismissed.
I don’t have any special political connections. So it might seem delusional for me to be aiming for very ambitious political goals like the ones proposed in the post. I figure though that “AI is going to kill us all, but here’s something we can do about it that could really make a difference” is a message that can inspire one to take action, whereas “AI is going to kill us all, and there’s not much we can do about it” is not.
Thanks for your response. I was hoping for some way to make a difference through in-person interactions for a couple of reasons:
the people engaging in these discussions in places like reddit are probably already familiar with the topic to some degree. But IRL, I could reach people who are not already visiting places on the internet where these topics are commonly discussed.
Online dialogue often doesn’t give you much feedback to work with. If I post something that gets no response or a negative response, I can only speculate why. But in person, as long as I’ve got someone’s attention initially, they probably aren’t going to just stare at me with a blank poker face and then walk away silently. I’ll get some sort of reaction, which can be used to tailor my message and how it is presented.
But you’re right, online dialogue matters and shouldn’t be dismissed.
I don’t have any special political connections. So it might seem delusional for me to be aiming for very ambitious political goals like the ones proposed in the post. I figure though that “AI is going to kill us all, but here’s something we can do about it that could really make a difference” is a message that can inspire one to take action, whereas “AI is going to kill us all, and there’s not much we can do about it” is not.