James L

• James L 5 Jan 2023 1:47 UTC

  2 points

  1

  on: When you plan ac­cord­ing to your AI timelines, should you put more weight on the me­dian fu­ture, or the me­dian fu­ture | even­tual AI al­ign­ment suc­cess? ⚖️

  Why are you using your median timeline | success? Maybe I missed it, but I don’t see your reason explained in the post.

• James L 10 Sep 2021 19:36 UTC

  1 point

  on: Honolulu, HI – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2021

  I’m looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow (Saturday, 9/​11 at 4pm) at the ACX meetup!

  We have $250 of UberEats credit for the event thanks to a donation from a community funding organization, so we’ll order food at some point.

  
  Location: Magic island, on the grass under a tree by this drop pin: https://​​goo.gl/​​maps/​​PJ7dJjgZusNsjVd7A. I’ll have a big “ACX” sign, so look around for that. We’ll be sitting on the grass, feel free to bring a blanket or chair if that’s more comfortable for you.
  

  See y’all soon!

• James L 22 Jul 2018 23:34 UTC

  13 points

  on: Re­place your­self first if you’re mov­ing to the Bay

  tl;dr: Never run events alone—always have a co-organizer.

  One of the easiest (and most fun!) ways to make sure you’re replaceable is to never run a meetup alone. If you organize a meetup, find a co-organizer and split the responsibilities with them. This helps avoid burnout, plus it’s a great way to strengthen your friendship.

  My friend Will and I organized the Austin Effective Altruism meetup together for a year. When one of us got busy with life, the other was able to keep things going. And when I moved to Berkeley, the meetup just automatically kept going—I didn’t even need to appoint a successor, there already was one.

  I follow a similar model running Authentic Relating Games at REACH. I try to always have a co-facilitator—it’s way more fun, takes some of the pressure off, and it’s an easy way to train potential replacements for myself.

• James L 22 Jul 2018 19:59 UTC

  5 points

  on: 12 Virtues of Ra­tion­al­ity posters/​icons

  This is great, I will probably steal it for my apartment, except with empiricism as a scale instead of an eye.

• James L 6 May 2018 23:51 UTC

  3 points

  on: LW Open Source Contributions

  Good work on the guide! Are you planning on combining this with the readme or linking to it from there? There’s a bit of redundancy between the two.