Please give more detail on your Swapcard about your research/projects. Even just the title of the research paper, or any links.
I always review the entire attendee list. I actively want to meet people, but if someone just puts “I am trying to get into AI alignment research”, I literally have nothing to go off, and can’t think of a reason to reach out with so few details.
This also saves time during 1-on-1s so you don’t re-introduce yourself/areas of interest every 30 minutes.
If you don’t have a project/experience, you can even put ideas you’re fascinated by, or groups you identify with. I literally Ctrl+F “ADHD”, “startup”, “Singapore” and other keywords related to my research interests.
In general I would have like to have seen 30-50% more info on people’s swapcards, but I know there is a tradeoff in effort and readability there as well. Like you say projects and specific interests can be super useful.
Suggestion for EAGs/EAGx:
Please give more detail on your Swapcard about your research/projects. Even just the title of the research paper, or any links.
I always review the entire attendee list. I actively want to meet people, but if someone just puts “I am trying to get into AI alignment research”, I literally have nothing to go off, and can’t think of a reason to reach out with so few details.
This also saves time during 1-on-1s so you don’t re-introduce yourself/areas of interest every 30 minutes.
If you don’t have a project/experience, you can even put ideas you’re fascinated by, or groups you identify with. I literally Ctrl+F “ADHD”, “startup”, “Singapore” and other keywords related to my research interests.
That’s a great comment.
In general I would have like to have seen 30-50% more info on people’s swapcards, but I know there is a tradeoff in effort and readability there as well. Like you say projects and specific interests can be super useful.