This is only tangentially related, but: the 80,000 Hours guide to AI risk research said that the field is talent- rather than funding-constrained. Is that true for FHI as well? Like Michael said, you are only hiring people with PhDs, and you will have too many applicants to be able to respond to each one, so I’m still reluctant to pursue it as a career route.
Overall we are way more talent constrained rather than funding constrained. The UK xrisk ecosystem has managed to get something like $10m from non-EA sources, and now recruitment is our biggest bottleneck. As mentioned below, we do hire people without PhDs to our ‘postdoc’ positions.
This is only tangentially related, but: the 80,000 Hours guide to AI risk research said that the field is talent- rather than funding-constrained. Is that true for FHI as well? Like Michael said, you are only hiring people with PhDs, and you will have too many applicants to be able to respond to each one, so I’m still reluctant to pursue it as a career route.
Overall we are way more talent constrained rather than funding constrained. The UK xrisk ecosystem has managed to get something like $10m from non-EA sources, and now recruitment is our biggest bottleneck. As mentioned below, we do hire people without PhDs to our ‘postdoc’ positions.