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AI Safety field builders need 'skin in the game' for effective guidance

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The author argues that individuals involved in building the field of AI Safety need to have more personal investment, or "skin in the game." This means gaining firsthand experience with the challenges and potential failures within the field, rather than solely relying on theoretical knowledge or directing others. Without this direct experience, field builders may make decisions that negatively impact researchers without fully understanding the consequences, leading to a fragile field where errors are not effectively corrected. AI

IMPACT Suggests that effective guidance in AI Safety requires practical, firsthand experience of its challenges and potential failures.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing the need for practical experience in AI Safety field building.

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AI Safety field builders need 'skin in the game' for effective guidance

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Jonas Hallgren ·

    Now What? Why Field Builders Need More Skin In The Game

    <p><span>Say that you’re someone trying to do field building within AI Safety and you come at it from an external perspective, what are the first things that you should try to do? That is, you’re new to the field and you believe in the classic EA pyramid scheme argument of: “If I…

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