It would be great if, without needing to read many paragraphs or click through many links, I knew what I knew what this post was announcing/describing.
What kind of thing is ‘Autostructures’? Is it a research scholarship? A fellowship for undergrads? A design-focused internship?
You describe stuff like what your goals are, what vibes you have/want to have, but… there’s no ‘here are the 5-10 words that clearly describe what this thing actually is.’
Thanks for this, I’ve explicitly added the v-word into the frontmatter for specifying that we’re dealing with volunteer researchers. Autostructures is like an intro course to Live Theory as we slowly distinguish ourselves from the AI Safety Camp program, with a potential option for longer/paid commitments afterward. Otherwise, the italics were intended as the context you seek. Is this clear enough?
One maybe reasonable intuition pump here is: Imagine you had never heard of auto structures before. You have no idea what it is, or anything about it. What information would be relevant to know? Thanks for the response!
I wasn’t getting at “add the word volunteer” — and unfortunately no, the italics are not enough.
Some more-concrete questions that I basically can’t find:
When does this start? When does it end?
Is it online or in-person? If the latter, where?
How many other people do you expect to do this?
Concretely, day-to-day, what will a participant be doing/working on/contributing to?
Etc. Imagine you had never heard of auto structures before. You have no idea what it is, or anything about it. What information would be relevant to know?
I’m a bit confused how you’re confused. The start and end times (beyond Q1 2026) and online nature are detailed in the AISC link given in the italics. The group size is in the Team section (~20 max). The daily activities will aim at the projects given in the Outputs section, with some variation to come.
It would be great if, without needing to read many paragraphs or click through many links, I knew what I knew what this post was announcing/describing.
I would really like to know what at all you’re talking about without needing to click through to other links or figure out which sections to check! Like, that’s an annoying amount of labor just to answer extremely basic questions about the program. I’m much more likely to just click away (which I’d prefer not to do!).
And of course, my point in leaving these comments is to provide you data about how your post may interact with its readers. You should feel absolutely free to ignore that data, it’s your God-given right to do so, but arguing against my experience of your post seems to me like a somewhat odd thing to do.
It would be great if, without needing to read many paragraphs or click through many links, I knew what I knew what this post was announcing/describing.
What kind of thing is ‘Autostructures’? Is it a research scholarship? A fellowship for undergrads? A design-focused internship?
You describe stuff like what your goals are, what vibes you have/want to have, but… there’s no ‘here are the 5-10 words that clearly describe what this thing actually is.’
Thanks for this, I’ve explicitly added the v-word into the frontmatter for specifying that we’re dealing with volunteer researchers. Autostructures is like an intro course to Live Theory as we slowly distinguish ourselves from the AI Safety Camp program, with a potential option for longer/paid commitments afterward. Otherwise, the italics were intended as the context you seek. Is this clear enough?
One maybe reasonable intuition pump here is: Imagine you had never heard of auto structures before. You have no idea what it is, or anything about it. What information would be relevant to know? Thanks for the response!
I wasn’t getting at “add the word volunteer” — and unfortunately no, the italics are not enough.
Some more-concrete questions that I basically can’t find:
When does this start? When does it end?
Is it online or in-person? If the latter, where?
How many other people do you expect to do this?
Concretely, day-to-day, what will a participant be doing/working on/contributing to?
Etc. Imagine you had never heard of auto structures before. You have no idea what it is, or anything about it. What information would be relevant to know?
I’m a bit confused how you’re confused. The start and end times (beyond Q1 2026) and online nature are detailed in the AISC link given in the italics. The group size is in the Team section (~20 max). The daily activities will aim at the projects given in the Outputs section, with some variation to come.
I said in my first comment that:
I would really like to know what at all you’re talking about without needing to click through to other links or figure out which sections to check! Like, that’s an annoying amount of labor just to answer extremely basic questions about the program. I’m much more likely to just click away (which I’d prefer not to do!).
And of course, my point in leaving these comments is to provide you data about how your post may interact with its readers. You should feel absolutely free to ignore that data, it’s your God-given right to do so, but arguing against my experience of your post seems to me like a somewhat odd thing to do.