I’ve been ever-more-excitedly watching you post your training and head off to workshop over these past few months. I teared up a little when I got to that standalone sentence, “On Saturday I was invited to become a MIRI research associate,” because now I know your origin story, I understand how much that invitation must have meant to you.
I haven’t really felt qualified to comment on many of your other posts (sometimes the level of the material, sometimes feeling too shy to commend your efforts), so I shall say now:
Thank you. We’re rooting for you. Keep on saving the world!
‘It goes without saying’ that I’m hella looking forward to your next posts.
In case you’re confused by the terminology like Peter Hurford was: “research associate” at places like FHI and MIRI means “unpaid research collaborator” not “full-time staff member.” It does, however, indicate a strong level of interest in a researcher, and I expect researchers eventually hired by MIRI will first spend some time as MIRI research associates. MIRI’s current research associates are listed here.
I’ve been ever-more-excitedly watching you post your training and head off to workshop over these past few months. I teared up a little when I got to that standalone sentence, “On Saturday I was invited to become a MIRI research associate,” because now I know your origin story, I understand how much that invitation must have meant to you.
I haven’t really felt qualified to comment on many of your other posts (sometimes the level of the material, sometimes feeling too shy to commend your efforts), so I shall say now:
Thank you. We’re rooting for you. Keep on saving the world!
‘It goes without saying’ that I’m hella looking forward to your next posts.
Salute
In case you’re confused by the terminology like Peter Hurford was: “research associate” at places like FHI and MIRI means “unpaid research collaborator” not “full-time staff member.” It does, however, indicate a strong level of interest in a researcher, and I expect researchers eventually hired by MIRI will first spend some time as MIRI research associates. MIRI’s current research associates are listed here.