From global health to AI safety: why career switchers stall and how to unblock
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-14
Calum Best, who moved from GiveWell to AI safety funder Coefficient Giving, writes that 20+ global health professionals have asked him the same question since his switch: they believe AI risk is urgent but remain stuck, not applying or networking. He traces his own year-long delay to emotionally driven avoidance rather than rational concerns, and describes how frank feedback from friends and mentors let him resolve the few legitimate worries and make the jump. The post is aimed at people considering a similar switch who feel blocked.
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