So, to my understanding, doing this in 2015 instead of 2018 is more or less exactly the sort of thing that gets talked about when people refer to a large-scale necessity to “get there first”. This is what it looks like to push for the sort of first-mover advantage everyone knows MIRI needs to succeed.
It seems like a few people I’ve talked to missed that connection, but they support the requirement for having a first-mover advantage. They support a MIRI-influenced value alignment research community, but then they perceive you asking for more money than you need! Making an effort to remind people more explicitly why MIRI needs to grow quickly may be valuable. Link the effect of ‘fundraiser’ to the cause of ‘value learning first-mover’.
So, to my understanding, doing this in 2015 instead of 2018 is more or less exactly the sort of thing that gets talked about when people refer to a large-scale necessity to “get there first”. This is what it looks like to push for the sort of first-mover advantage everyone knows MIRI needs to succeed.
It seems like a few people I’ve talked to missed that connection, but they support the requirement for having a first-mover advantage. They support a MIRI-influenced value alignment research community, but then they perceive you asking for more money than you need! Making an effort to remind people more explicitly why MIRI needs to grow quickly may be valuable. Link the effect of ‘fundraiser’ to the cause of ‘value learning first-mover’.