I’m not sure about the timing of when the edits in your post were made, but if you want feedback about your planned contact with Demis Hassabis I think you should make a new post about it—most people who would comment on it may have missed it because they only saw the original unedited post about Tao, which had already received feedback.
I also think that, for the same reason that you chose to let someone else contact Tao instead of you, it may be better to let someone else contact Hassabis (or find someone else to contact him).
The email to Demis has been there since the beginning, I even received feedback on it. I think I will send it next week, but will also try to get to him through some DeepMind employee if that doesn’t work.
Please don’t send these types of emails, I expect that they’re actively counterproductive for high-profile recipients.
If you want to outreach, there are clear channels which should be used for coordinating it. For example, you could contact DeepMind’s alignment team, and ask them if there’s anything which would be useful for them.
I’m not sure about the timing of when the edits in your post were made, but if you want feedback about your planned contact with Demis Hassabis I think you should make a new post about it—most people who would comment on it may have missed it because they only saw the original unedited post about Tao, which had already received feedback.
I also think that, for the same reason that you chose to let someone else contact Tao instead of you, it may be better to let someone else contact Hassabis (or find someone else to contact him).
The email to Demis has been there since the beginning, I even received feedback on it. I think I will send it next week, but will also try to get to him through some DeepMind employee if that doesn’t work.
Please don’t send these types of emails, I expect that they’re actively counterproductive for high-profile recipients.
If you want to outreach, there are clear channels which should be used for coordinating it. For example, you could contact DeepMind’s alignment team, and ask them if there’s anything which would be useful for them.