Activities which pay off over longer time horizons than your timelines should be dramatically downweighted. e.g. if your plan is to spend 6 years building career capital in a minimal impact position then leverage that into an AI Safety job, this is not a good plan if your timelines are 7 years.
Generally, I advise moving as rapidly as possible into doing something which actually helps,[1] either directly as a researcher or by building and maintaining infrastructure which improves the alignment ecosystem and allows research to move in the right direction faster.
I happen to know you’re helping with impact markets! This seems like a great place to be if we have at least mid single digit years, maybe even low single digit years.
Activities which pay off over longer time horizons than your timelines should be dramatically downweighted. e.g. if your plan is to spend 6 years building career capital in a minimal impact position then leverage that into an AI Safety job, this is not a good plan if your timelines are 7 years.
Generally, I advise moving as rapidly as possible into doing something which actually helps,[1] either directly as a researcher or by building and maintaining infrastructure which improves the alignment ecosystem and allows research to move in the right direction faster.
I happen to know you’re helping with impact markets! This seems like a great place to be if we have at least mid single digit years, maybe even low single digit years.