So I don’t know who’s advising Trump and Vance on AI today. Is it an EA? Could an EA reasonably have replicated that person’s path if not? Could EA compliant advice get through to Trump or Vance? If the third question is no then op’s theory of change isn’t sound anyway.
Basically, you are saying that you don’t know what you are talking about. On the other hand, the person who started this post does know what they are talking about from talking with people in the AI governance space.
For effective political action, it’s useful to take insider information about how the process works seriously.
That’s not knows what they’re talking about, that’s has talked to people who sound like they know what they’re talking about. The epistemic status is clear about this so I’m not knocking OP. “Epistemic status: thing people have told me that seems right.” This is actually what taking hearsay from insiders seriously looks like.
So I don’t know who’s advising Trump and Vance on AI today. Is it an EA? Could an EA reasonably have replicated that person’s path if not? Could EA compliant advice get through to Trump or Vance? If the third question is no then op’s theory of change isn’t sound anyway.
Basically, you are saying that you don’t know what you are talking about. On the other hand, the person who started this post does know what they are talking about from talking with people in the AI governance space.
For effective political action, it’s useful to take insider information about how the process works seriously.
That’s not knows what they’re talking about, that’s has talked to people who sound like they know what they’re talking about. The epistemic status is clear about this so I’m not knocking OP. “Epistemic status: thing people have told me that seems right.” This is actually what taking hearsay from insiders seriously looks like.