Nate: on behalf of the EA community, thanks very much for showing up here. I think I speak for a lot of EAs when I say that since MIRI has such ambitious goals, it’s really valuable to keep things grounded with open conversations about why you’re doing what you’re doing, and how it’s turning out. So I think you’ve already won a lot of respect by making yourself available to answer questions here! Rest assured, you’re not expected to answer every single question!
Everyone else: feel free to ask more questions in the next couple of hours, and to comment, and to upvote the questions you find the most interesting. We’re lucky to have Nate around, so enjoy! :)
Wow, cheers for answering over 30 questions here, Nate! What a heroic effort.
Thanks for your questions everybody. That is a LOT of reading to go through for anyone interested in this problem, and plenty of interesting thoughts to be absorbed.
If EAs want to support MIRI financially or with relevant technical skills, it’s good that they now know more about what research they would be helping, and have an idea about the kind of person who will be leading it. Here is a link to how to get involved with MIRI as a researcher or donor: https://intelligence.org/get-involved/
Thanks very much Nate, and on behalf of the EA community, good luck in the new job!
Welcome, everybody!
Nate: on behalf of the EA community, thanks very much for showing up here. I think I speak for a lot of EAs when I say that since MIRI has such ambitious goals, it’s really valuable to keep things grounded with open conversations about why you’re doing what you’re doing, and how it’s turning out. So I think you’ve already won a lot of respect by making yourself available to answer questions here! Rest assured, you’re not expected to answer every single question!
Everyone else: feel free to ask more questions in the next couple of hours, and to comment, and to upvote the questions you find the most interesting. We’re lucky to have Nate around, so enjoy! :)
Wow, cheers for answering over 30 questions here, Nate! What a heroic effort.
Thanks for your questions everybody. That is a LOT of reading to go through for anyone interested in this problem, and plenty of interesting thoughts to be absorbed.
If EAs want to support MIRI financially or with relevant technical skills, it’s good that they now know more about what research they would be helping, and have an idea about the kind of person who will be leading it. Here is a link to how to get involved with MIRI as a researcher or donor: https://intelligence.org/get-involved/
Thanks very much Nate, and on behalf of the EA community, good luck in the new job!