This seems misleading. Some of the authors are from Epoch, but there are authors from two other universities on the paper.
Also, where does it say that he is a guest author? Neil is a research advisor for Epoch and my understanding is that he provides valuable input on a lot of their work.
Thanks. My impression is that they are using ‘Guest author’ on their blog post to differentiate who works for Epoch or is external. As far as I can tell, that usage implies nothing about the contribution of the authors to the paper.
This paper is from Epoch. Thompson is a “Guest author”.
I think this paper and this article are interesting but I’d like to know why you think they are “pretty awesome from an x-risk perspective”.
Epoch AI has received much less funding from Open Philanthropy ($9.1M), yet they are producing world-class work that is widely read, used, and shared.
This seems misleading. Some of the authors are from Epoch, but there are authors from two other universities on the paper.
Also, where does it say that he is a guest author? Neil is a research advisor for Epoch and my understanding is that he provides valuable input on a lot of their work.
Sorry, I should have attached this in my previous message.
Here.
Thanks. My impression is that they are using ‘Guest author’ on their blog post to differentiate who works for Epoch or is external. As far as I can tell, that usage implies nothing about the contribution of the authors to the paper.
Yeah this seems the most straightforward interpretation