Thoughts on running an office & community space in San Francisco
4 spectrums of spaces
- Coworking (FAR Labs)
- Office (Constellation)
- Events (Lighthaven)
- Community (SF Commons)
For fun: https://manifold.markets/Austin/bay-area-community-spaces-index-bas
Why SF?
- AI labs are there; tech startups are there
- People don't want to go across the bridge
- The SF EA scene is surprisingly weak, compared to London or NYC
- I live in SF!
Who is “us”?
hard to articulate… “I know it when I see it”
- "Manifest crowd"
- EA, AI safety folks, rationalists
- Early stage startups (tech, AI, YC)
- Individual researchers, remote workers