One thing I’d like to note is that the number of researchers is growing and we have less money than we had before. As someone who is a year into the field, my number one concern is to have funding over a long period so that I can have some stability to do my research. This is the thing that matters to me by far above all else. I’m concerned about all the new people coming into the field and hope they are in a position to get stable funding or a role at an alignment org.
Edit: note that I’m not saying it is a bad thing that the field is competitive and I’m not trying to imply that funding should be easy anyone to get. I’m mostly trying to bring up a point regarding our macro-strategy for alignment which I think should be considered. The ultimate goal is still to do what’s best for solving alignment.
One thing I’d like to note is that the number of researchers is growing and we have less money than we had before. As someone who is a year into the field, my number one concern is to have funding over a long period so that I can have some stability to do my research. This is the thing that matters to me by far above all else. I’m concerned about all the new people coming into the field and hope they are in a position to get stable funding or a role at an alignment org.
Edit: note that I’m not saying it is a bad thing that the field is competitive and I’m not trying to imply that funding should be easy anyone to get. I’m mostly trying to bring up a point regarding our macro-strategy for alignment which I think should be considered. The ultimate goal is still to do what’s best for solving alignment.