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I'm looking for AI safety projects with people with some amount of experience. I have 3/4 of a CS degree from Caltech, one year at MIRI, and have finished the WMLB and ARENA bootcamps. I'm most excited about making activation engineering more rigorous, but willing to do anything that builds research and engineering skill.
If you've published 2 papers in top ML conferences or have a PhD in something CS related, and are interested in working with me, send me a DM.
I’m not the person you are looking for, but I think it’s a great idea to put this out there and try to find collaborators, especially in the case of independent researchers. I’ll be actively trying to do the same.
4. Involve other people in projects in such a way that they rely on you to get your parts done.
For me personally, this is probably the most powerful technique I've ever discovered for getting work done efficiently. When I know someone needs something by 2pm, and will be waiting if