Daniel Kokotajlo

And I expect the AI 2020 is just like really good and I expect it will just like blow up in a way that isn't downstream of you having built up an audience over years.

Yeah.

Okay, so you say that throwing money at people to get them to blog at least didn't seem to work for the FTX folks.

If it was up to you, what would you do?

What's your grand plan to get 10 more Scott Alexanders?

Man, um...

I hate to admit that, but maybe it's true.

Invented it from first principles.

Yeah.

Well, I do think that it's related to the idea of mainstream media, that it should be treated more as a viable career path.

Where right now, if you told your parents, I'm going to become a startup founder, I think the reaction would be like, there's a 1% chance you'll succeed.

But it's an interesting experience.

And if you do succeed, that's crazy.

That'll be great.

If you don't, you'll learn something.

It'll be helpful to the thing you do afterwards.

We know that's true of blogging, right?

We know that it helps you build up a network.

It helps you develop your ideas.

And even if you don't succeed, and if you do succeed, you get a dream job for a lifetime.