“5 homegrown EA projects, seeking small donors” by Austin
What do I mean by “homegrown”? These projects are: Local: Creators have a good track record in the EA or AI Safety community Modest: The amount requested is not large; $5k would be meaningful Overlooked: Not already backed by large institutional funders like OpenPhil If you’re a small donor or earn to give, consider giving to projects like these: 1. Feature-length documentary on SB 1047 By Michael Trazzi — $16k raised of $55k Michael has already recorded interviews with the main characters of SB 1047: sponsors like Scott Wiener and Dan Hendrycks, proponents like Zvi Mowshowitz and Holly Elmore, and opponents like Dean Ball and Timothy B Lee. Now he needs the funding to turn it into a 1-hour feature documentary. This is a rare chance to sponsor a high-quality video narrative, and share it beyond our existing ecosystem. I’ve personally donated $10k towards this, and expect [...] ---Outline:(00:35) 1. Feature-length documentary on SB 1047(01:30) 2. Overview of AI Safety in 2024(02:31) 3. Podcast series on Effective Altruism's values(03:05) 4. Sentinel, a foresight and emergency response team(03:40) 5. Research on co-occurence of sparse autoencoder latents(04:13) What else have we been up to?The original text contained 2 images which were described by AI. --- First published: October 28th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CdHrwEiGsJqC8RAat/5-homegrown-ea-projects-seeking-small-donors --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.