Hi everyone! I’m Aman, an undergrad at USC currently majoring in computational neuroscience (though that might change). I’m very new to EA, so I haven’t yet had the chance to be involved with any EA groups, but I would love to start participating more with the community. I found EA after spending a few months digging into artificial general intelligence, and it’s been great to read everyone’s thoughts about how to turn vague moral intuitions into concrete action plans.
I have a soft spot for the standard big-picture philosophy/physics topics, like the nature of intelligence and meta-ethics and epistemology and theories of everything, but also the wildly unpragmatic questions (like whether we might consider directing ourselves into a time loop once heat death comes around, if it’s possible).
As a career, I tentatively want to focus on improving global governance capacity, since I’m inclined to think that it might ultimately determine how well EA-related research and prioritization can be implemented (and also how well we are able to handle x- and s-risks, and capitalize on safe AI). I realize that this is probably one of the least tractable goals to have, so I might end up working in another area, like international development, mental health, science policy, or something else entirely. Amusingly, all the EA career advice out there has only made me more confused about what I should be doing (but I’m probably approaching it wrong).
Anyway, I’m excited to be here and grateful for the opportunity to start interacting with the EA community!
Hi everyone! I’m Aman, an undergrad at USC currently majoring in computational neuroscience (though that might change). I’m very new to EA, so I haven’t yet had the chance to be involved with any EA groups, but I would love to start participating more with the community. I found EA after spending a few months digging into artificial general intelligence, and it’s been great to read everyone’s thoughts about how to turn vague moral intuitions into concrete action plans.
I have a soft spot for the standard big-picture philosophy/physics topics, like the nature of intelligence and meta-ethics and epistemology and theories of everything, but also the wildly unpragmatic questions (like whether we might consider directing ourselves into a time loop once heat death comes around, if it’s possible).
As a career, I tentatively want to focus on improving global governance capacity, since I’m inclined to think that it might ultimately determine how well EA-related research and prioritization can be implemented (and also how well we are able to handle x- and s-risks, and capitalize on safe AI). I realize that this is probably one of the least tractable goals to have, so I might end up working in another area, like international development, mental health, science policy, or something else entirely. Amusingly, all the EA career advice out there has only made me more confused about what I should be doing (but I’m probably approaching it wrong).
Anyway, I’m excited to be here and grateful for the opportunity to start interacting with the EA community!