They sought Luke out for the position. They saw what he was doing and thought “this is a guy we should seriously hire.”
By the time he was appointed Exec Director, Luke had been working for SingInst at least eight months and had helped organize the minicamp and summit. It’s a big credit to Luke that he proved himself this quickly, but it wasn’t exactly out of the blue like you make it sound.
Well, I wasn’t aware that Luke had been working for the SIAI in any official capacity before Eliezer made the “Help Fund Lukeprog at SIAI” post, so consider me corrected.
By the time he was appointed Exec Director, Luke had been working for SingInst at least eight months and had helped organize the minicamp and summit. It’s a big credit to Luke that he proved himself this quickly, but it wasn’t exactly out of the blue like you make it sound.
Well, I wasn’t aware that Luke had been working for the SIAI in any official capacity before Eliezer made the “Help Fund Lukeprog at SIAI” post, so consider me corrected.