An aspiration in my life is to make the biggest positive impact in the world that I can. In 2018 I started working on this goal as a junior paramedic and in 2019 by starting to be trained as a physiotherapist. My perspective shifted significantly after reading Factfulness by Hans Rosling, which inspired me to explore larger-scale global issues. This led me to pursue an interdisciplinary degree in Global Studies and to discover the research field and social community of Effective Altruism.
Since 2022, I’ve been actively involved in projects ranging from founding a local EA university group to launching an AI safety field building organization. Through these experiences and the completion of my bachelor programme, I discovered that my strengths seem to align best with AI governance research, a field I believe is fundamental for ensuring the responsible development of artificial intelligence.
Moving forward, my goal is to deepen my expertise in AI governance as a researcher and contribute to projects that advance this critical area. I am excited to connect with like-minded professionals and explore opportunities that allow me to make a meaningful impact.
Johan de Kock
Thank you for your thoughts! I read through your linked comment, and I think everything you wrote seems plausible to me. In fact, I also have short timelines and think that AGI is around the corner. As for your second perspective regarding correlated failure, I would be curious if you are willing to give an example.
Also, what do you think are the types of research questions (long-term) AI governance researchers should address if we are right?
If you have significant time trade-offs, getting your take on the second prompt would be most valuable.
which makes me suspicious of the experiment’s findings.
Thank you for this post! Regarding the effectiveness going up, I think this is right. I don’t have an exact resource to back up this claim (probably mentioned in this episode), but I am quite sure that Huberman mentioned that regular caffeine consumption increases the amount of dopamine receptors in one’s brain, which allows more dopamine to bind. I am not confident on my explanation here, but I just wanted to share an idea based on what I have heard.
Thank you for this great post. I think https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/ could benefit from this as well!