When I write emails and I say "I hope you're well" I literally practice mettā each time for about 0.5 seconds. Thinking lovingly of others is quite a lovely experience!

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Yesterday Greg Sadler and I met with the President of the Australian Association of Voice Actors. Like us, they've been lobbying for more and better AI regulation from government. I was surprised how much overlap we had in concerns and potential solutions:
1. Transparency and explainability of AI model data use (concern)

2. Importance of interpretability (solution)

3. Mis/dis information from deepfakes (concern)

4. Lack of liability for the creators of AI if any harms eventuate (concern + solution)

5. Unemployment without safety nets for Australians (concern)

6. Rate of capabilities development (concern)

They may even support the creation of an AI Safety Institute in Australia. Don't underestimate who could be allies moving forward!

This is niche content and i'm 100% here for it.

fixed. thanks mate :)

ffs

Thanks for the reply Lorenzo! IMO it is going to look VERY weird seeing people continue to leave labs while EA fills the leaky bucket.

Thanks for the feedback Jeroen!

I spent about 30 seconds thinking about how to quantify my prediction. I'm trying to point at something vague in a concrete way but failing. This also means that I don't think it is worth my time making it more concrete. The initial post was more of the "I am pretty confident this will be a community issue, just a heads up".

[PHOTO] I sent 19 emails to politicians, had 4 meetings, and now I get emails like this. There is SO MUCH low hanging fruit in just doing this for 30 minutes a day (I would do it but my LTFF funding does not cover this). Someone should do this!

Yeah my prediction lacked specificity. I expect it to become quite heated. I'm imagining 10+ posts on the topic next year with a total of 100+ comments. That's just on the forum.