Recruiter team
From the MIRI 2024 priorities and other observations, It sounds like a lot of what the x-risk movement needs is to expand beyond tech, EA, tech journalist circles to the general public (who are receptive!).
What about a "recruiting" team using standard job recruiter tactics to try to engage people across new communities?
Recruiters (like those who contact you about tech jobs) cold-email tons of people a day with very carefully-worded, often somewhat personalized reach-out messages, trying to get people interested in the company or role. We could have a team doing this for the x-risk awareness and Pause AI cause, approaching ppl with carefully-chosen messages and data/resources, with daily goals for # of messages.
Maybe this is already a team or could overlap with teams?
Each of us has different backgrounds and different communities that would be easier for us to reach out to. We could also target influential people (professors in other fields, columnists, writers, podcasters, influencers, etc).
potential benefits:
*take tips from actual job recruiters, who are very skilled at cold messaging-- length of message, tone, subject, how to personalize
*get moral support for the hard work of cold-messaging
*dream big - it's not uncommon for recruiters to send personalized messages to dozens or hundreds of people a day
*reach new communities where few people have heard of this topic
*recruiting people to the cause is compounding
Would anyone want to collaborate on this?
Tasks: Come up with campaigns to reach out to a particular type of person you want to target and learn how to find their contact info. Craft targeted messages about AI x-risk with some resources, personalize them, and send. Try to make it a part of your day to send a certain number of messages. Prioritize communities you are familiar with or part of yourself.
Mostly writing. could call too, if applicable.
What about a "recruiting" team using standard job recruiter tactics to try to engage people across new communities?
Recruiters (like those who contact you about tech jobs) cold-email tons of people a day with very carefully-worded, often somewhat personalized reach-out messages, trying to get people interested in the company or role. We could have a team doing this for the x-risk awareness and Pause AI cause, approaching ppl with carefully-chosen messages and data/resources, with daily goals for # of messages.
Maybe this is already a team or could overlap with teams?
Each of us has different backgrounds and different communities that would be easier for us to reach out to. We could also target influential people (professors in other fields, columnists, writers, podcasters, influencers, etc).
potential benefits:
*take tips from actual job recruiters, who are very skilled at cold messaging-- length of message, tone, subject, how to personalize
*get moral support for the hard work of cold-messaging
*dream big - it's not uncommon for recruiters to send personalized messages to dozens or hundreds of people a day
*reach new communities where few people have heard of this topic
*recruiting people to the cause is compounding
Would anyone want to collaborate on this?
Tasks: Come up with campaigns to reach out to a particular type of person you want to target and learn how to find their contact info. Craft targeted messages about AI x-risk with some resources, personalize them, and send. Try to make it a part of your day to send a certain number of messages. Prioritize communities you are familiar with or part of yourself.
Mostly writing. could call too, if applicable.
