EA - Reasons to have hope by jwpieters

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Reasons to have hope, published by jwpieters on April 20, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.This is a very short post mentioning some recent developments that make me hopeful for the future of AI safety work. These mostly relate to an increased amount of attention for AI safety concerns. I think this is likely to be good, but you might disagree.Eliezer Yudkowsky was invited to give a TED talk and received a standing ovationThe NSF announced a $20 million request for proposals for empirical AI safety research.46% of Americans are concerned about extinction from AI; 69% support a six-month pause in AI developmentAI Safety concerns have received increased media coverage~700 people applied for AGI Safety Fundamentals in JanuaryFLI’s open letter has received 27572 signatures to dateRemember – The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.