What position did Paul Christiano get at NIST? Is it a leadership position?
The problem with that is that it sounds like the common error of “let’s promote our best engineer to a manager position”, which doesn’t work because the skills required to be an excellent engineer have little to do with the skills required to be a great manager. Christiano is the best of the best in technical work on AI safety; I am not convinced putting him in a management role is the best approach.
What position did Paul Christiano get at NIST? Is it a leadership position?
The problem with that is that it sounds like the common error of “let’s promote our best engineer to a manager position”, which doesn’t work because the skills required to be an excellent engineer have little to do with the skills required to be a great manager. Christiano is the best of the best in technical work on AI safety; I am not convinced putting him in a management role is the best approach.