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I'm interviewing Carl Shulman — what should I ask him? — EA Forum

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I thought about this and wrote down some life events/decisions that probably contributed to becoming who I am today. A lot of these can't really be imitated by others (e.g., I can't recommend people avoid making friends in order to have more free time for intellectual interests). But here are some practical advice I can think of: ETA: Oh, here's a recent LW post where I talked about how I arrived at my current set of research interests, which may also be of interest to you. Next week for the 80,000 Hours Podcast I'll be interviewing Carl Shulman, advisor to Open Philanthropy, and generally super informed person about history, technology, possible futures, and a shocking number of other topics. He has previously appeared on our show and the Dwarkesh Podcast: He has also written a number of pieces on this forum. What should I ask him? Wei Dai Why aren't there more people like him, and what is he doing or planning to do about that? Related question: How does one become someone like Carl S

Next week for the 80,000 Hours Podcast I'll be interviewing Carl Shulman, advisor to Open Philanthropy, and generally super informed person about history, technology, possible futures, and a shocking number of other topics. He has previously appeared on our show and the Dwarkesh Podcast: Carl Shulman (Pt 1) - Intelligence Explosion, Primate Evolution, Robot Doublings, & Alignment Carl Shulman (Pt 2) - AI Takeover, Bio & Cyber Attacks, Detecting Deception, & Humanity's Far Future Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications He has also…

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