Yesterday, I was searching for posts by alignment researchers describing how they got into the field. I was searching specifically for personal stories rather than guides on how other people can get into the field.
I was trying to perform Intuition flooding, by reading lots of accounts, and getting intuitions on which techniques work to enter the field.
I only managed to find three which fit somewhat my target:
Neel Nanda’s post was the central example of what I was looking for, and I was surprised to not find more. Does anyone know where I can find more posts like this ?
I think this is a good thing to do! I reccomend looking up things like “reflections on my LTFF upskilling grant” for similar pieces from lesser known researchers / aspiring researchers.
Thank you for the pointer ! I found the article you mentioned, and then found the tag Postmortem & Retrospective which led me to three additional posts:
Yesterday, I was searching for posts by alignment researchers describing how they got into the field. I was searching specifically for personal stories rather than guides on how other people can get into the field.
I was trying to perform Intuition flooding, by reading lots of accounts, and getting intuitions on which techniques work to enter the field.
I only managed to find three which fit somewhat my target:
Neel Nanda: How I Formed My Own Views About AI Safety
Kevin RoWang: Lessons After a Couple Months of Trying to Do ML Research
TurnTrout: Lessons I’ve Learned from Self-Teaching
Nate Soares: The mechanics of my recent productivity
Neel Nanda’s post was the central example of what I was looking for, and I was surprised to not find more. Does anyone know where I can find more posts like this ?
I think this is a good thing to do! I reccomend looking up things like “reflections on my LTFF upskilling grant” for similar pieces from lesser known researchers / aspiring researchers.
Thank you for the pointer ! I found the article you mentioned, and then found the tag Postmortem & Retrospective which led me to three additional posts:
Reflections on my 5-month alignment upskilling grant
I’m leaving AI alignment – you better stay
My first year in AI alignment
Beginning Machine Learning