I personally benefitted tremendously from the Lightcone offices, especially when I was there over the summer during SERI MATS. Being able to talk to lots of alignment researchers and other aspiring alignment researchers increased my subjective rate of alignment upskilling by >3x relative to before, when I was in an environment without other alignment people.
Thanks so much to the Lightcone team for making the office happen. I’m sad (emotionally, not making a claim here whether it was the right decision or not) to see it go, but really grateful that it existed.
I personally benefitted tremendously from the Lightcone offices, especially when I was there over the summer during SERI MATS. Being able to talk to lots of alignment researchers and other aspiring alignment researchers increased my subjective rate of alignment upskilling by >3x relative to before, when I was in an environment without other alignment people.
Thanks so much to the Lightcone team for making the office happen. I’m sad (emotionally, not making a claim here whether it was the right decision or not) to see it go, but really grateful that it existed.