I am not being as effective as I could be—AI x-risk is real enough that it’s the only thing I ought to be doing. Funding is not a serious obstacle in my life path.
I have skills and interest in ecology and believe it is an area I can have outsized impact by 1) updating philosophy across the field 2) improving longterm outcomes via gearing up highly effective projects and 3) leading by example. (I might be foolish) Sometimes it seems this is a crowded endeavor and sometimes it seems extremely neglected. In either case it makes me very happy so perhaps this is simply my selfish life path.
I would not be working on my current ecology-related job, but somehow researching and experimenting with ecological outcomes if I had infinite money and no reputational risk. However I am learning important things in my current role and researching other people’s ecological experiments in my free time so it’s close to optimal. I can pursue my altruistic goals more directly in a few years time when I have more experience, alliances, and specific concrete steps ready.
I am not being as effective as I could be—AI x-risk is real enough that it’s the only thing I ought to be doing. Funding is not a serious obstacle in my life path.
I have skills and interest in ecology and believe it is an area I can have outsized impact by 1) updating philosophy across the field 2) improving longterm outcomes via gearing up highly effective projects and 3) leading by example. (I might be foolish) Sometimes it seems this is a crowded endeavor and sometimes it seems extremely neglected. In either case it makes me very happy so perhaps this is simply my selfish life path.
I would not be working on my current ecology-related job, but somehow researching and experimenting with ecological outcomes if I had infinite money and no reputational risk. However I am learning important things in my current role and researching other people’s ecological experiments in my free time so it’s close to optimal. I can pursue my altruistic goals more directly in a few years time when I have more experience, alliances, and specific concrete steps ready.