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AI safety and EA communities are too large to generalize, author argues

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The author reflects on the tendency to generalize opinions about large communities within the AI safety, rationalism, and effective altruism spheres. Despite personal long-term involvement, the author acknowledges only knowing small segments of these vast fields. This observation is likened to people disliking Berkeley as a whole rather than specific neighborhoods within it, suggesting a common cognitive bias towards broad judgments over nuanced understanding. AI

IMPACT Highlights the challenge of forming informed opinions on vast AI safety and effective altruism communities due to their scale and diversity.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing community dynamics within AI safety and related fields, rather than a factual announcement or release.

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AI safety and EA communities are too large to generalize, author argues

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · KatjaGrace ·

    Why opine on massive communities?

    <p>Today I’m at LessOnline, and yesterday I was at the annual CHAI workshop. Both are chock full of people I don’t know, with a good smattering of people I do. This is also my experience at other events like EA Global. </p><p>I’ve been in the AI safety and Rationalist and Effecti…

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