Vika comments on Deliberate Grad School - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Academian 04 October 2015 10:11AM

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Comment author: fowlertm 04 October 2015 04:07:43PM 4 points [-]

I think there'd be value in just listing graduate programs in philosophy, economics, etc., by how relevant the research already being done there is to x-risk, AI safety, or rationality. Or by whether or not they contain faculty interested in those topics.

For example, if I were looking to enter a philosophy graduate program it might take me quite some time to realize that Carnegie Melon probably has the best program for people interested in LW-style reasoning about something like epistemology.

Comment author: Vika 07 October 2015 10:34:49PM *  3 points [-]

I think it depends more on specific advisors than on the university. If you're interested in doing AI safety research in grad school, getting in touch with professors who got FLI grants might be a good idea.