KnaveOfAllTrades comments on The mechanics of my recent productivity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: KnaveOfAllTrades 08 January 2014 02:28:12AM *  34 points [-]

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

Comment author: lukeprog 10 January 2014 12:04:35AM *  13 points [-]

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.