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A mixture of things that I think aren't being done enough (if they are let me know).
Maybe forming a society to do these long term.
If people are interested in helping solve the normal computer control problem as a stepping stone to solving the super intelligence problem, that would be cool. But I'd rather keep the meetup generalist and have things spin off from it.
If you want to have a reading group, there's an existing one with a nice list of stuff they've covered that can be used for inspiration.