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LW

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Plex. I can imagine there are indeed some psychological considerations into having an effective commitment mechanism.

Is there anything in particular that having access to a list of people signed up for a mission statement like that would enable you, or those people, to do?

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AI Safety Pledge

Inspired by the Founder’s Pledge and the 10% Pledge, we can offer people transitioning to an AI safety career to make an AI Safety Pledge. It could look something like this:

I pledge to spend the coming years of my career on AI safety.
If I don’t manage to do so, for example because I can’t find a job in AI Safety, I will donate 10% of my income to the AI safety movement.
If I ever do decide to move back into AI safety, I can receive back my contributions to support my AI safety work.

Note: this is a very early idea, not a fully fledged proposal. I am currently entertained by... (read more)