If not, do you think there’s value in faithful representation of this topic within the art realm?

I think so

Are there any public misconceptions of AI that you think are dangerous? Or to a lesser extreme: hamper AI funding?

https://futureoflife.org/background/aimyths/

Have you ever seen the subject of AI faithfully represented in media art: ex films, books, graphic novels, etc?

See What are fiction stories related to AI alignment? [LW · GW]. Not all of them qualify, but some do. I think those ones are very good: The Intelligence Explosion and NeXt [LW · GW]

Is there a go-to resource that you recommend for someone outside of the field to learn about contemporary issues around AI Safety?

FLI has articles and a podcast: https://futureoflife.org/background/benefits-risks-of-artificial-intelligence/

80,000 Hours has some articles and episodes on this: https://80000hours.org/podcast/

The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence by WaitButWhy

Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom

Human Compatible by Stuart Russell

For more, see my list of lists here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aisafetyopen/posts/263224891047211/

Do you think the AI research community or LW is caricatured in any way that is harmful to AI research?

I don't know if the overall sign is positive or negative, but I'd guess there are likely non-zero caricatures that are harmful.

Are there any specific issues around AI that concern you the most?

The alignment problem (or are you asking what concerns us the most within that scope?)

If someone said they didn’t believe AI can have any positive impact on humanity, what’s your go-to positive impact/piece of research to share?

I don't have one. Depends where they're coming from with that belief.

How did your interest in AI begin?

I don't know if I became interested in LessWrong or machine learning first -- one of those.

Do you think there is enough general awareness around AI research and safety? If not, what do you think would help ferment AI safety in public and political discourse?

That's assuming most people here want this -- I don't think that's the case

Or to a lesser extreme: hamper AI funding?

I don't know if by "hamper" you mean reduce, but it seems to be like there are conflicting views/models here about whether that would be good or bad.

What do you personally think the likelihood of AGI is?

That is, that humans eventually create AGI, right?

This seems like something that would be better done as a Google form. That would make it easier for people to correlate questions + answers (especially on mobile) and it can be less stressful to answer questions when the answers are going to be kept private.