Hi Raemon! This is a topic I’m very bad ad writing structured answers about, and much better at chatting about, because there are tons of things to say and I’d need more details to know how to steer my advice.
That being said, I recommend you this repository for resources, aimed at people with a tech, but not necessarily math, background. Reading though some of the guides there should help you solve some of your last-section questions.
I’d say that staying up to date on AI developments with a goal of AI safety is entirely tractable as long as you’re not looking for the particular techniques that will lead to unsafe AI. Most AI literature is entirely disconnected from AI safety concerns, and if you dive into the field enough, you will become proficient enough to understand the papers that are relevant to safety concerns.
Cute little ML projects almost always have hidden depths, if you’re dealing with real-world data. I suggest to try them after tutorials, not as tutorials, so that you’ll be able to split whatever you’re trying to do in manageable chunks (and understand why things fail or succeed).
Hi Raemon! This is a topic I’m very bad ad writing structured answers about, and much better at chatting about, because there are tons of things to say and I’d need more details to know how to steer my advice.
That being said, I recommend you this repository for resources, aimed at people with a tech, but not necessarily math, background. Reading though some of the guides there should help you solve some of your last-section questions.
I’d say that staying up to date on AI developments with a goal of AI safety is entirely tractable as long as you’re not looking for the particular techniques that will lead to unsafe AI. Most AI literature is entirely disconnected from AI safety concerns, and if you dive into the field enough, you will become proficient enough to understand the papers that are relevant to safety concerns.
Cute little ML projects almost always have hidden depths, if you’re dealing with real-world data. I suggest to try them after tutorials, not as tutorials, so that you’ll be able to split whatever you’re trying to do in manageable chunks (and understand why things fail or succeed).
I wish you the best for your endeavor!
Thanks! That repository looks helpful.