“I make several million dollars per year and have hundreds of thousands of followers—what is the straightest line path to utilizing these resources to reduce existential-level AI threats?” by shrimpy

I have, over the last year, become fairly well-known in a small corner of the internet tangentially related to AI.As a result, I've begun making what I would have previously considered astronomical amounts of money: several hundred thousand dollars per month in personal income.This has been great, obviously, and the funds have alleviated a fair number of my personal burdens (mostly related to poverty). But aside from that I don't really care much for the money itself. My long term ambitions have always been to contribute materially to the mitigation of the impending existential AI threat. I never used to have the means to do so, mostly because of more pressing, safety/sustenance concerns, but now that I do, I would like to help however possible. Some other points about me that may be useful: I'm intelligent, socially capable, and exceedingly industrious. I have [...] --- First published: March 16th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8wxTCSHwhkfHXaSYB/i-make-several-million-dollars-per-year-and-have-hundreds-of --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.