Hire a Vals

Different things a Vals enjoys doing

• building furniture (tables, chairs, sofas,
• solving practical problems
• solving psychological problems (ie. describing a path/exercise + frame that allows one to progress)
• solving organizational problems (I have contributed and served as board member of 3 AI safety non profits)
• solving community problems (I serve on the safety council of Vibecamp)
• helping with general development and growth in ethics and behavior
• helping with relationships

Shards of value

• I know many things related to rationality, personal growth, organization, psychology .. and will share them appropriately when they seem they’ll make ur life better.
  • it’s a bit like getting the best advice from many books distilled in a coherent framework with a smart person who understands ur context and preexisting concepts and words stuff in an efficient way

Ways to compensate a Vals for his work

• donations
• contractual work
• recommending Vals to people he’d like to help/work with
  • In particular I’d like to help frontier AGI lab employees lead better lives.

What They Say About Me Redux

“it’s kind of insane how correct you are about everything” [ person after implementing some advice based on models they’d been skeptical of, a day after our 2 hour chat ] (I’m surprised about this too!)

“Big positive contribution to my quality of life” [ partner I helped navigate career transitions ]

” After the lovely life-debugging session that we did — thanks again — I thought I’d give you an update. [Describes being really happy with new job, with future prospects, and moving to a better city] Just wanted to say thank you again for your compassion and kindness when I was struggling!” [ person I met at JessCamp ]