But my guess is that studying applied math and CS would have been better for me per hour than studying science, and the reason I spent that time learning science was largely because I think it’s exciting and cool rather than because I endorse it as a direct path to knowing things that are useful for doing alignment research
Strong upvote for this.
Doing things you find fun is extremely efficient. Studying things you don’t like is inefficient, no matter how useful these things may turn out to be for alignment or x-risk.
Strong upvote for this.
Doing things you find fun is extremely efficient. Studying things you don’t like is inefficient, no matter how useful these things may turn out to be for alignment or x-risk.