As I said in the discussion, I’ve tried a lot of things; the things that worked are my current habits.
Cool; glad to hear you’re trying things.
I will most likely major in CS
That’s a good option, but as a CS major if you’re serious about doing AI research for MIRI I think I would be leaning towards math. It’s much easier and more effective to self-credential in CS than math by having a GitHub full of cool projects. With math you actually benefit from a classroom environment to a much greater degree in my opinion. Also, my impression was that MIRI was more in need of math talent than CS talent. I think math + self-taught CS is good from a career perspective as well (math signals intelligence to CS employers; math + CS is good for quant/data scientist type jobs).
A lot of the courses/lectures available are probably above my level, though, so I might have a hard time finding some that I can use.
Yep, that’s something tricky about being an autodidact.
I didn’t mention it in the discussion, but most likely I won’t attempt to transfer to Stanford OHS. It’s too much of a rush/gamble, I want to keep my total control over my education, and I believe that I will (eventually) become an acceptably efficient autodidact.
Cool; glad to hear you’re trying things.
That’s a good option, but as a CS major if you’re serious about doing AI research for MIRI I think I would be leaning towards math. It’s much easier and more effective to self-credential in CS than math by having a GitHub full of cool projects. With math you actually benefit from a classroom environment to a much greater degree in my opinion. Also, my impression was that MIRI was more in need of math talent than CS talent. I think math + self-taught CS is good from a career perspective as well (math signals intelligence to CS employers; math + CS is good for quant/data scientist type jobs).
Yep, that’s something tricky about being an autodidact.
Seems reasonable.