Common mistakes in AI safety group organizing
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Back in the day, I was a very active AI safety group organizer.
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Back in the day, I was a very active AI safety group organizer. I commonly notice people making the same mistakes across many clubs. I have written down a list of some of these mistakes hoping people will avoid them in the future:Reading groups often require that people read things before meetings. This is a mistake. People often don't do the readings. And the lack of common knowledge that everyone has read the reading degrades the conversation quality.Instead, have longer meetings, serve food (
By Nikola Jurkovic