I started out on the global health side of EA, and transitioned to AI Governance.
My background is in nonprofit evaluation, research, advocacy, and community engagement. My current focus centers around AI safety policy research, advocacy, and global cooperation for AI safety and alignment to increase the likelihood of a flourishing future where humanity and AI can collaborate safely together.
I am in the process of forming and seeking funding for an organization focused on AI policy advocacy and lobbying. It would be helpful to chat with people working in this space to work on coordination, and I am open to expressions of interest for potential board members or partners, and recommendations of people to reach out to for collaborating with on this effort.
Advocacy, nonprofit evaluation, research
Author of “ How to Survive EAG: San Francisco FOMO,” here. In fairness to EAG organizers, I want to clarify that I did not apply for EAG SF this year. While I was bummed not to go, I was on a digital sabbatical during the application period, so I do not put any sort of blame on EAG organizers, as they had nothing to do with why I didn’t attend. I applied to two past EAGs and was accepted to both. While I support the general sentiment that it is a bummer to miss out on EAG, the post truly was written all in good fun, and I did actually have a great time putting that post together.
Thanks for the comment! A digital sabbatical is basically a fancy-shmancy term for "I took a break from social media and from having an online presence and increased my focus on other projects." I took a break from pretty much everything online, then added things back in gradually or limited certain sites or apps to strategically curate a better media/info diet.