“SB-1047 Documentary: The Post-Mortem” by Michaël Trazzi
from LessWrong (Curated & Popular)
Below some meta-level / operational / fundraising thoughts around producing the SB-1047 Documentary I've just posted on Manifund (see previous Lesswrong / EAF posts on AI Governance lessons learned). The SB-1047 Documentary took 27 weeks and $157k instead of my planned 6 weeks and $55k. Here's what I learned about documentary production Total funding received: ~$143k ($119k from this grant, $4k from Ryan Kidd's regrant on another project, and $20k from the Future of Life Institute). Total money spent: $157k In terms of timeline, here is the rough breakdown month-per-month: - Sep / October (production): Filming of the Documentary. Manifund project is created. - November (rough cut): I work with one editor to go through our entire footage and get a first rough cut of the documentary that was presented at The Curve. - December-January (final cut - one editor): I interview multiple potential editors that [...] --- Outline: (03:18) But why did the project end up taking 27 weeks instead of 6 weeks? (03:25) Short answer (06:22) Impact (07:14) What I would do differently next-time --- First published: August 1st, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/id8HHPNqoMQbmkWay/sb-1047-documentary-the-post-mortem --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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Below some meta-level / operational / fundraising thoughts around producing the SB-1047 Documentary I've just posted on Manifund (see previous Lesswrong / EAF posts on AI Governance lessons learned). The SB-1047 Documentary took 27 weeks and $157k instead of my planned 6 weeks and $55k. Here's what I learned about documentary production Total funding received: ~$143k ($119k from this grant, $4k from Ryan Kidd's regrant on another project, and $20k from the Future of Life Institute). ...
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