At MATS today we practised “looking back on success”, a technique for visualizing and identifying positive outcomes.
The driving question was, “Imagine you’ve had a great time at MATS; what would that look like?”
My personal answers:
Acquiring breadth, ie getting a better understanding of the whole AI safety portfolio / macro-strategy. A good heuristic for this might be reading and understanding 1 blogpost per mentor
Writing a “good” paper. One that I’ll feel happy about a couple years down the line
Clarity on future career plans. I’d probably like to keep doing technical AI safety research; currently am thinking about joining an AISI (either UK or SG). But open to considering other roles
Developing a higher research velocity. Ie repeatedly sprinting to initial results
Networking more with BA safety community. A good heuristic might be trying to talk to someone new every day.
At MATS today we practised “looking back on success”, a technique for visualizing and identifying positive outcomes.
The driving question was, “Imagine you’ve had a great time at MATS; what would that look like?”
My personal answers:
Acquiring breadth, ie getting a better understanding of the whole AI safety portfolio / macro-strategy. A good heuristic for this might be reading and understanding 1 blogpost per mentor
Writing a “good” paper. One that I’ll feel happy about a couple years down the line
Clarity on future career plans. I’d probably like to keep doing technical AI safety research; currently am thinking about joining an AISI (either UK or SG). But open to considering other roles
Developing a higher research velocity. Ie repeatedly sprinting to initial results
Networking more with BA safety community. A good heuristic might be trying to talk to someone new every day.