I appreciate you writing this up. I have been a bit starved for this community’s opinions on the current political situation. I felt very strongly that electing Trump was a huge mistake on almost every level. But I think there is something we have overlooked which has become more obvious to me over the last 9 months.
Advocacy has been extremely diluted. I want to protest against the acceleration of AI. I want to invest my time and emotional energy toward what I think is the largest existential risk to humanity. I want to call my representatives monthly to let them know that I am a single issue voter on AI safety.
What I actually have done is protest the Trump administration. What I have actually done is join grassroots movements to halt the slide of democratic and social institutions. I know I’m not the only one. Even if I personally wasn’t invested in the crisis of the current moment, I know other people would be. There is only so much bandwidth to go around, and even if I was focusing on AI, my audience would certainly be less receptive.
I appreciate you writing this up. I have been a bit starved for this community’s opinions on the current political situation. I felt very strongly that electing Trump was a huge mistake on almost every level. But I think there is something we have overlooked which has become more obvious to me over the last 9 months.
Advocacy has been extremely diluted. I want to protest against the acceleration of AI. I want to invest my time and emotional energy toward what I think is the largest existential risk to humanity. I want to call my representatives monthly to let them know that I am a single issue voter on AI safety.
What I actually have done is protest the Trump administration. What I have actually done is join grassroots movements to halt the slide of democratic and social institutions. I know I’m not the only one. Even if I personally wasn’t invested in the crisis of the current moment, I know other people would be. There is only so much bandwidth to go around, and even if I was focusing on AI, my audience would certainly be less receptive.