The diagram at the beginning is very interesting. I’m curious about the arrow from relationship to results… care to explain? It refers to joint works or collaborations?
On the other hand, it’s not surprising to me that AI alignment is a field that requires much more research and math than software writing skills… the field is completely new and not very well formalized yet, probably your skill set is misaligned with the need of the market
Receive feedback on work products and use it to improve them.
Discussion/feedback on research direction.
Moral support and cheering in general.
Or someone who lights a fire under your bum, if that’s what you need.
Access to computing resources if you have a good relationship with a university.
Mentoring.
Quick answers to technical questions if you have access to an expert.
Probably more.
This only lists the receiving side, whereas every good relationship is based on give-and-take. Some people get almost all their results by leveraging their network. Not in a parasitic way – they provide a lot of value by connecting others.
The diagram at the beginning is very interesting. I’m curious about the arrow from relationship to results… care to explain? It refers to joint works or collaborations?
On the other hand, it’s not surprising to me that AI alignment is a field that requires much more research and math than software writing skills… the field is completely new and not very well formalized yet, probably your skill set is misaligned with the need of the market
Good point about the misaligned skillset.
Relationships to results can take many forms.
Joint works and collaborations, as you say.
Receive feedback on work products and use it to improve them.
Discussion/feedback on research direction.
Moral support and cheering in general.
Or someone who lights a fire under your bum, if that’s what you need.
Access to computing resources if you have a good relationship with a university.
Mentoring.
Quick answers to technical questions if you have access to an expert.
Probably more.
This only lists the receiving side, whereas every good relationship is based on give-and-take. Some people get almost all their results by leveraging their network. Not in a parasitic way – they provide a lot of value by connecting others.