Hey cool, we have overlapping interests! Wait but Why is an amazing blog and is the main reason I started blogging in the first place. Also Nick Bostrom really opened my eyes to the existential threat of AI.
If you're interested in these topics then you'll likely like the work of 80 000 hours (in fact I think Tim mentioned them in his most recent epically long post). They are a group that try to encourage people to peruse high impact careers and make the world a better place. Here is their problem profile on positively shaping the development of artificial intelligence.
Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future. Also, congratulations on making it into todays #steemstem distilled!