I participated Apart's security evaluations hackathon with a friend last May, and it helped me get in the foot in the door and start exploring the AI safety technical research space. I believe that Apart's hackathons and other programs are a critical part of the talent pipeline for the AI safety community and it would be a shame if they had to shut down due to lack of funding.

I absolutely love musical theatre and would love to see more artistic EA-themed productions—not just dry/explanatory content.

Suggestion: instead of running your own Bay Area production, it might be more scalable to find a group of people in the Bay who are interested in doing one and license the rights to them. The licensing fee could help cover the Berlin production's costs as well as compensate those who contributed to the IP. A licensing model would also make it easier to bring productions to other locations, like NYC (off-off-Broadway) and universities.

@Martian-Moonshine What about New York? 😁🏙️

I think meta-discourse about the EA movement from a principles-first perspective is valuable. I'd be keen to hear your ideas about how EA could evolve in the future!