I'm considering attending the Conceptual Boundaries workshop, a "workshop for identifying, discussing, and strategizing about promising AI safety research directions related to the boundaries that causally distinguish agents from their environment." It will take place from February 10-12, 2024 in Austin, TX (I live in the Bay Area).
I will not bet on this market, and I'm happy to answer questions about what it would take for it to be worth my time.
1,000@RomanHauksson Best case is that be convinced that it's likely to lead to, or be a substantial part of, a solution to AI safety, such that it convinces me to work on it or makes me feel much more informed about the future. At a month after the conference, I'll mostly weight the likelihood of that happening and the other benefits I got against the costs of attending.
I don't have particular plans for that weekend. Closest thing I've attended to that was an AI timelines workshop (which was worthwhile, but probably wouldn't be if I did it today since the cost of my time has gone up), and an longterm macrostrategy workshop, which was extremely worthwhile.