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One thing I never get about these types of research programs is how anyone with a “normal” job can reasonably participate. They say they encourage people with software backgrounds who want to get into AI safety but maybe don’t have any other AI experience. Okay, that’s me. I have a software job on the East Coast of the US, not related to AI, but I spend a great deal of my free time reading AI research and doing my own projects. My employer isn’t gonna allow me to take a couple months off to go do this thing I personally am very interested in and think I would be good at, because it’s of no value to them. And as a young, junior employee, I don’t think I’m at the point where it’s appropriate for me to take a sabbatical. Come to think of it, I don’t know of anyone I’ve worked with at my company, senior or otherwise, taking a sabbatical.
I appreciate that stuff like this is available, but as someone who is currently trying to get out of my current field and into AI, I find myself sort of frustrated that the logistics of it make it pretty much impossible for a large class of people.
Is this research into 'actual reasoning' that you're deliberately being light on details about something that is out in the public (e.g. on arxiv), or is this something you've witnessed privately and anticipate will become public in the near future?
Seconded!