I’m an electrical engineering undergraduate. I’d be especially excited to work on making it easier for AI chips to track what they are being used for, and making it harder for bad actors to remove this feature. The more we can achieve this, the more governments will be able to reduce the risk of misaligned AI by regulating compute.
Once I’ve built up about 24 months worth of living expenses in savings, I plan to take a Giving What We Can Further Pledge to live on maybe $25,000 per year (to be adjusted for inflation and reevaluated if I have a child) so I can donate most of my income to GiveWell recommended charities. I currently donate to the GiveWell All Grants Fund and offset my carbon footprint by donating to the Founder’s Pledge Climate Change Fund.
Thanks for this article! So helpful.
I’m a junior electrical engineering major who just learned about the advanced AI risks. I plan to do two senior years and a masters degree so I have time to change direction if I need to.
Do you think it would help the world more to go into one of the career paths in this article, or another career path one could do with an electrical engineering major that is less related to AI?
What are some of the career paths I could take with an electrical engineering major that have less risk of contributing to AI happening faster than we are able to handle it? Of those career paths, are there any that stand out as particularly helpful to society? I’m not interested in careers that require a PhD.