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In my opinion we very much need a better network and more effective coordination in Germany! And this is likely the best German AI Safety fieldbuilding project right now, and one of the best in general that I know of.

Writing as a local group organizer: SAIGE would provide what the ecosystem needs so that we can address this problem (and approach people) at scale. Running a local group is good, but very often there's a gap between a reading group and actually connecting someone to the right people and changing their career. (And local university groups also just don't appeal to everyone.)

Germany/DACH has enough raw talent (top-tier engineering & STEM people) and also political relevance (EU AI Act), but often very much lacks execution and ecosystem coordination to channel this into AI Safety. Local groups can only do so much, and having a wider network is absurdly important & extremely high EV.

(Jessica is also really great and I fully support her as much as I can. Have not heard a single not-great thing about her.)