One quirk about the political donation problem is that activists respond to negative messaging but the broader base—people who may donate/volunteer/vote based on the candidate not the party—responds to positive messaging. I think it’s fair to say this creates a “poisoning the well” problem, where the fundraising emails are doom, activists respond to doom, but the base is cut off from the party. Relevant to this forum, something like “ensure AI benefits everyone” might message better with the base, and “prevent AI from killing everyone” might message better with the activists.
One quirk about the political donation problem is that activists respond to negative messaging but the broader base—people who may donate/volunteer/vote based on the candidate not the party—responds to positive messaging. I think it’s fair to say this creates a “poisoning the well” problem, where the fundraising emails are doom, activists respond to doom, but the base is cut off from the party. Relevant to this forum, something like “ensure AI benefits everyone” might message better with the base, and “prevent AI from killing everyone” might message better with the activists.