[Linkpost] “What I would do if I wasn’t at ARC Evals” by Lawrence Chan
In which: I list 9 projects that I would work on if I wasn’t busy working on safety standards at ARC Evals, and explain why they might be good to work on. Epistemic status: I’m prioritizing getting this out fast as opposed to writing it carefully. I’ve thought for at least a few hours and talked to a few people I trust about each of the following projects, but I haven’t done that much digging into each of these, and it’s likely that I’m wrong about many material facts. I also make little claim to the novelty of the projects. I’d recommend looking into these yourself before committing to doing them. (Total time spent writing or editing this post: ~8 hours.)Standard disclaimer: I’m writing this in my own capacity. The views expressed are my own, and should not be taken to represent the views of ARC/FAR/LTFF/Lightspeed or any other org [...] ---Outline:(02:41) Relevant beliefs I have(04:52) Technical AI Safety Research(05:38) Ambitious mechanistic interpretability(08:34) Late stage project management and paper writing(09:53) Creating concrete projects and research agendas(11:32) Grantmaking(12:37) Working on Open Philanthropy’s Funding Bottlenecks(14:24) Working on the other EA funders’ funding bottlenecks(16:02) Chairing the Long-Term Future Fund(17:28) Community Building(17:54) Onboarding senior academics and research engineers(20:05) Extending the young EA/AI researcher mentorship pipeline(22:31) Writing blog posts or takes in generalThe original text contained 9 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: September 6th, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/zcHdehWJzDpfxJpmf/what-i-would-do-if-i-wasn-t-at-arc-evals Linkpost URL:https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6FkWnktH3mjMAxdRT/what-i-would-do-if-i-wasn-t-at-arc-evals --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.