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This is an unrelated question, but I think it's important. You mention:
Presumably, you have a pretty high salary if you're working for Google and presumably you're giving that up to go work for MIRI directly. Not that I think you're wrong, but how did you come to the decision that working for MIRI directly was preferable to working for Google and donating large portions of your salary to MIRI?
Research associateship isn't a full time MIRI position -- I'll be doing research in addition to my day job.
By the way, what exactly is your position at Google?
Also, will you agree to update this post in a year or two to add some perspective?
Update, ~1 year later: I am a full-time MIRI research fellow now, and it's been one hell of a year.
I've maintained my high productivity consistently since last year. I wrote twelve papers over the course of the year, nine as the primary author, three as a secondary author. I compiled the MIRI technical agenda and the MIRI research guide. I attended five conferences, and I've flown around the world to talk with many different people about related topics. I've learned a ton.
Public discourse about AI x-risk has advanced far faster than I expected, thanks in large part to Bostrom's Superintelligence and the the Future of Life institute. The field is growing much faster than expected. These are exciting times, and I'm grateful that I was granted the opportunity to throw myself into the thick of things.
9 single author research papers is extremely impressive! Well done.
Software Engineer. I'm happy to post an update in a year or two, but you may need to remind me then.
Thank you. I will try to remember.
If you send an email to "1year@followupthen.com" with a reminder for yourself, you'll get an email reminder in 1 year.
Cool, thanks. I should have known that someone had devised a simple electronic solution to the problem :)