Ever since I started hanging out on LW and working on UDT-ish math, I’ve been telling SIAI/MIRI folks that they should focus on public research output above all else. (Eliezer’s attitude back then was the complete opposite.) Eventually Luke came around to that point of view, and things started to change. But that took, like, five years of persuasion from me and other folks.
After reading su3su2u1′s post, I feel that growing closer to academia is another obviously good step. It’ll happen eventually, if MIRI is to have an impact. Why wait another five years to start? Why not start now?
Ever since I started hanging out on LW and working on UDT-ish math, I’ve been telling SIAI/MIRI folks that they should focus on public research output above all else. (Eliezer’s attitude back then was the complete opposite.) Eventually Luke came around to that point of view, and things started to change. But that took, like, five years of persuasion from me and other folks.
After reading su3su2u1′s post, I feel that growing closer to academia is another obviously good step. It’ll happen eventually, if MIRI is to have an impact. Why wait another five years to start? Why not start now?
+1