Ok, that makes sense. Seems like we are mostly on the same page then.
I don’t have strong opinions weather drawing in people via prestige is good or bad. I expect it is probably complicated. For example, there might be people who want to work on AI Safety for the right reason, but are too agreeable to do it unless it reach some level of acceptability. So I don’t know what the effects will be on net. But I think it is an effect we will have to handle, since prestige will be important for other reasons.
On the other hand, there are lots of people who really do want to help, for the right reason. So if growth is the goal, helping these people out seems like just an obvious thing to do. I expect there are ways funders can help out here too.
I would not update much on the fact that currently most research is produced by existing institutions. It is hard to do good research, and even harder with out collogues, sallary and other support that comes with being part of an org. So I think there is a lot of room for growth, by just helping the people who are already involved and trying.
On the other hand, there are lots of people who really do want to help, for the right reason. So if growth is the goal, helping these people out seems like just an obvious thing to do
So I think there is a lot of room for growth, by just helping the people who are already involved and trying.
Ok, that makes sense. Seems like we are mostly on the same page then.
I don’t have strong opinions weather drawing in people via prestige is good or bad. I expect it is probably complicated. For example, there might be people who want to work on AI Safety for the right reason, but are too agreeable to do it unless it reach some level of acceptability. So I don’t know what the effects will be on net. But I think it is an effect we will have to handle, since prestige will be important for other reasons.
On the other hand, there are lots of people who really do want to help, for the right reason. So if growth is the goal, helping these people out seems like just an obvious thing to do. I expect there are ways funders can help out here too.
I would not update much on the fact that currently most research is produced by existing institutions. It is hard to do good research, and even harder with out collogues, sallary and other support that comes with being part of an org. So I think there is a lot of room for growth, by just helping the people who are already involved and trying.
I very much agree with these two: