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>>prawn+(OP)
> they asked: who on earth are Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner?

As a prominent researcher in AI safety (I discovered prompt injection) I should explain that Helen Toner is a big name in the AI safety community - she’s one of the top 20 most respected people in our community, like Rohin Shah.

The “who on earth” question is a good question about Tasha. But grouping Helen in with Tasha is just sexist. By analogy, Tasha is like Kimbal Musk, whereas Helen is like Tom Mueller.

Tasha seems unqualified but Helen is extremely qualified. Grouping them together is sexist and wrong.

>>upward+A6
You're appealing to your own prominence to assert that Helen Toner is extremely qualified. Looking at her career history, she is not.

>>garden+9g
She co-founded an entire think tank. A highly-respected one at that; CSET is up there as one of the top 5 think tanks on NatSec issues.

https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/helen-toner-on-secur...

    How might international security be altered if the impact of machine learning is similar in scope to that of electricity? Today’s guest — Helen Toner — recently helped found the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University to help policymakers prepare for any such disruptive technical changes that might threaten international peace.