What posts are you thinking about writing?

I'm considering writing a post on how I think governments are likely to respond to the tax, spending, and inequality pressures that transformative AI will bring. 

Others have already pointed out that if TAI displaces a lot of workers, this will reduce tax revenue (as most countries' tax bases rely heavily on labour income) while increasing government spending (to pay for benefits to support people out of work). I've also read some articles suggesting we'll need a high degree of global coordination in order to make sure AI's benefits are widely distributed. 

I agree global coordination on tax would be the first best solution, but I also think it is highly unlikely to happen. However:

• I think there are things individual countries can (and hopefully will) do to mitigate national inequality;
• I'm not sure TAI will worsen global inequality (I think it probably will, but not by as much as I initially thought); and
• I don't think governments are going to go broke everywhere (I don't this is actually possible). We will likely see significant economic disruptions and maybe a few defaults, but the fiscal situation may not be as bad as some people seem to think.  

I'm not sure exactly where I'll end up with it, but my hope is to outline a few realistic pathways that will help people (including myself) decide where best to focus their efforts.  

Please let me know if you'd be willing to read drafts or act as a sounding board — I would very much appreciate the help. 

I'd really like to see an analysis of how necessary (or not!) academic degrees are for making an impact.

I am considering writing a brief post about how I think the EU AI office (where I will likely be starting a new position in one month) can address some issues of AI differently from other actors. The EU AI office might complement the work of traditional actors in addressing loss of control issues, but it could play a significant role in mitigating power concentration issues, especially in the geopolitical sense. This is a bit of a personal theory of change too.

A list of ideas:

• We need breadth-first AI safety plans
• Is it possible to persuade AI companies to slow down?
• AI companies owe the public an explanation of what they will do with ASI once they have it
• A frontier AI company should shut down as a costly signal that x-risk is a big deal
• Some AI safety trolley problems
• Pausing AI is the best general solution to every non-alignment problem with ASI (?)
• You only get one shot at making ASI safe, even in a gradual takeoff
• AI safety regulations would not be that onerous and I don't understand why people believe otherwise
• A compilation of evidence that AI companies can't be trusted to abide by voluntary commitments
• Literature review on the effectiveness disruptive or violent protests
• Protest cost-effectiveness BOTEC
• What evidence would convince us that LLMs are conscious?
• Pascal's Mugging is rarely relevant

Best practices and pitfalls in EA-aligned campaigns for public office

Here are my drafts: 

1. Personal reflections on leading a national EA group for 3+ years. I'll aim to publish this during the draft amnesty week, but I might also chicken out.
2. A post encouraging people to donate to effective giving organisations and comparing their multiplier effects, need for funding/ ability to use the money for growth and which charities/ cause areas get the boost if you donate to different meta charities. E.g., I expect donations to effektiv Spenden to result mainly in more donations for climate, but if you donate to Gi Effektivt, it only boosts GiveWell charities (not counting second-order effects of people getting into EA through these orgs). Anyone wanna work on this with me? Or steal the idea from me? :)

I have an idea on a post with best practices for how student group leaders should interact with their Students' Associations/Unions/Guilds/etc.

Before I started working on making AI go well, I worked in the Student Opportunities department of my Students' Association and during this time, I interacted with a lot of student group leaders. However, I was never part of an EA Student group, so I don't know what group leaders want to know, and I am not sure how well my knowledge transfers outside of my university.

If you're a group leader and there's anything you're curious about, let me know, and worst-case I will send you a private answer; best case I'll write a post.

I am considering writing a post about the ways my perspective on AI Safety has changed over the past few years.

Why is there limited Available remote work in Africa , especially west Africa is less than 5%
And they keep announcing remote work worldwide.?
 

I'd like to make a post about gruntworkers, people who do low-expertise but essential and non-replacable work. For example, an unpaid volunteer position, that requires general skills like planning, fundraising, outreach, etc.

How political groups aren't "causes", but networks of trust with different causes inside them.

False dichotomies and tradeoffs and their relevance to cause area reasoning.

Why many altruistic causes with different theories spiral into pessimism.