...I wanted to warn people not to consider such things enough of a justification to avoid getting an undergraduate degree, with how things currently are. It’s quite important to spend 16 years studying in school to get a certification that will get an HR person you’ll never meet who spends one minute looking at your resume to not throw it out, and it does sound like a joke when I put it like that, but it isn’t.
Sad but true. There’s an undergrad at UChicago of my acquaintance already well hooked into AI alignment research circles and strongly considering dropping out. Even though I agree with them that college is likely not the best environment for them to learn and do work in, this is pretty much exactly why I’d still advise them to get an undergrad degree.
Sad but true. There’s an undergrad at UChicago of my acquaintance already well hooked into AI alignment research circles and strongly considering dropping out. Even though I agree with them that college is likely not the best environment for them to learn and do work in, this is pretty much exactly why I’d still advise them to get an undergrad degree.