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AI Safety Researcher Details Career Choices and Motivations

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The author reflects on their career path, emphasizing a strong inclination towards technical AI safety research. They detail a progression through various roles, including PhD candidate, fellow at MATS, independent researcher, and positions at the Center on Long-Term Risk and Arcadia Impact's alignment team. Key factors influencing their choices include a desire for role seniority, research freedom, a high volume of ideas suited for project initiation, and a need for work-life balance. The author also expresses a preference for working outside of major AI labs to foster robust public knowledge and avoid potentially negative incentives. AI

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Daniel Tan ·

    How I made my career choices

    <p><span>Various people have asked me how I made my career decisions, so I wrote up some quick thoughts. (This is mostly intended as a personal reflection, but might be interesting nonetheless to some people here, especially to more junior people trying to figure out their own ca…

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