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On Friday, May 22, after a field-building itch, I posted a 'Plea to the Laid-off' on LinkedIn, leveraging my voice as a former Googler. With tremendous support from the community, I got 27 inbound calls in 24 hours & received a small Rapid Grant from BlueDot to fund the post as a Linkedin ad for 12 days.

Note: While I’ve been funded by Coefficient Giving for my EA SF efforts, this specific project was on my own accord and outside my grant period.

Some stats from the article (as of June 2, 12 days post)

• 2.2 thousand views
• 423 social engagements (269 reactions)
• 118k Impressions (# of times content appears in front of a user's screen)
• 105 saves & 8 sends
• 120 followers gained (and about that many connection requests)

Actual engagement

• 27 inbound calls
• 13 airtable intake submissions (after closing my calendar after Day 1)
• ~10 Linkedin messages w/ varying degrees of engagement
• BlueDot/80k/AI in Context Re-directs: ?
  • Lesson: Link tracking is your friend

Sankey of airtable and real-time coaching calls

I categorized people into various stages:

• 1 - No background of AIS
• 1.5 - Adjacent background (but not quite GCR/AIS) incl. Trust & [...]

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Outline:

(02:29) Expectations vs Reality

(03:53) Observation 1: What even IS AI Safety?

(05:16) Observation 2: Paradox of Choice -  AIS resource guides are too much for a low-context individual to navigate.

(06:25) Outcomes & Impact

(08:08) Some conclusions, hypotheses, and questions I don't have answers to:

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First published:
June 3rd, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EhLhrrEEG6Jo9kYJv/learnings-from-a-viral-linkedin-post-what-ai-safety-means-to

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