Impressing Thiel is independent of a future degree or not, because he’s already impressed.
I think the deal that Eliezer has with Thiel is that Eliezer does MIRI full time. Switching focus to getting a degree might violate the deal.
Gives that Thiel has a lot of money impressing Thiel more might also be very useful if they want more money from him.
Where’s the next billionaire going to come from, and will they coincidentally also be as contrarian as Thiel?
Do you really think that someone who isn’t contrarian will put his money into MIRI?
The present set up is quite okay. Those who want people with academic credentials can give their money to FHI. Those who want more contrarian people can give their money to MIRI.
Whether or not Eliezer has a degree doesn’t change that he’s the kind of person who has a public Okcupid profile detailing his sexual habits and the fact that he’s polyamorous.
When Steve Job was alive and run around in a sweater, he didn’t cause people to disregard him because he wasn’t wearing a suit.
People respect the person who’s a contrarian who’s okay with not everyone liking him. The contrarian who tries to get every to like them on the other hand get’s no respect.
On the other hand if he decides to get a degree and pulls it off in a year or something impressive like that it could just feed into the contrarian genius image.
Yes, but that would prokbably either mean paying someone else to do your homework with means that you are vunerable to attack or making studying the sole focus for a year.
I think the deal that Eliezer has with Thiel is that Eliezer does MIRI full time. Switching focus to getting a degree might violate the deal. Gives that Thiel has a lot of money impressing Thiel more might also be very useful if they want more money from him.
Do you really think that someone who isn’t contrarian will put his money into MIRI? The present set up is quite okay. Those who want people with academic credentials can give their money to FHI. Those who want more contrarian people can give their money to MIRI.
Whether or not Eliezer has a degree doesn’t change that he’s the kind of person who has a public Okcupid profile detailing his sexual habits and the fact that he’s polyamorous.
When Steve Job was alive and run around in a sweater, he didn’t cause people to disregard him because he wasn’t wearing a suit.
People respect the person who’s a contrarian who’s okay with not everyone liking him. The contrarian who tries to get every to like them on the other hand get’s no respect.
On the other hand if he decides to get a degree and pulls it off in a year or something impressive like that it could just feed into the contrarian genius image.
Yes, but that would prokbably either mean paying someone else to do your homework with means that you are vunerable to attack or making studying the sole focus for a year.