I tend to agree. A lot of people seem to talk about dropping out, but without great ideas about what they would do next.
People quitting to work for an alignment org that deems them useful—I’m in favour of it.
Programmers quitting their jobs to learn about AI safety—hard to have a better safety net than that, so go for it!
But students who are not yet useful enough to be hired, without enough indicators of excellence to suggest they could quickly become a top apprentice, without any particular distaste for the school system, and without any affinity for entrepreneurship? Many such people should stay in the school. If they are interested in academics, or theory, or they need a US visa, then especially so.
I tend to agree. A lot of people seem to talk about dropping out, but without great ideas about what they would do next.
People quitting to work for an alignment org that deems them useful—I’m in favour of it.
Programmers quitting their jobs to learn about AI safety—hard to have a better safety net than that, so go for it!
But students who are not yet useful enough to be hired, without enough indicators of excellence to suggest they could quickly become a top apprentice, without any particular distaste for the school system, and without any affinity for entrepreneurship? Many such people should stay in the school. If they are interested in academics, or theory, or they need a US visa, then especially so.