Just curious, why did you decide not to tackle AI risks? This seems like it would be more of a natural flow based on your interest in existential risk and experience with programming.
Some areas of bio are also very computational, including where I am.
I strongly value both working in person with other people and living in Boston. Short term and long term, working in bio seemed better for that than AI.
It seemed to me that the EA community was overinvesting in AI relative to bio
Just curious, why did you decide not to tackle AI risks? This seems like it would be more of a natural flow based on your interest in existential risk and experience with programming.
Several reasons:
Some areas of bio are also very computational, including where I am.
I strongly value both working in person with other people and living in Boston. Short term and long term, working in bio seemed better for that than AI.
It seemed to me that the EA community was overinvesting in AI relative to bio
Your sentence was stated in past tense, do you still believe this?
Past tense since that’s what went into the decision ;)
I think it is probably still true now, but I haven’t been thinking much about it because it hasn’t been very decision relevant?