my dream dwelling was a warehouse filled with whatever equipment one could possibly need to make things and run experiments in a dozen different domains
I had a similar dream, though I mostly thought about it from the context of “building cool fun mechanical stuff” and working on cars/welding bike frames. I think the actual usefulness might be a bit overrated, but still would be fun to have.
I do have a 3D printer though, and a welder (though I don’t have anywhere to use it—needs high voltage plug). Again though not sure how useful these things are—it seems to me like it is mostly for fun, and in the end the novelty wears off a bit once I realize that building something actually useful will take way more time than I want to spend on non-AI safety work.
But maybe that is something I shouldn’t have given up on that quickly, perhaps it is a bit of “magic” that makes life fun and maybe even a few actually cool inventions could come from this kind of tinkering. And maybe that would also permeate into how I approach my AI safety work.
I had a similar dream, though I mostly thought about it from the context of “building cool fun mechanical stuff” and working on cars/welding bike frames. I think the actual usefulness might be a bit overrated, but still would be fun to have.
I do have a 3D printer though, and a welder (though I don’t have anywhere to use it—needs high voltage plug). Again though not sure how useful these things are—it seems to me like it is mostly for fun, and in the end the novelty wears off a bit once I realize that building something actually useful will take way more time than I want to spend on non-AI safety work.
But maybe that is something I shouldn’t have given up on that quickly, perhaps it is a bit of “magic” that makes life fun and maybe even a few actually cool inventions could come from this kind of tinkering. And maybe that would also permeate into how I approach my AI safety work.