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I've not heard of anyone trying this. I imagine it's a bad idea for a couple reasons: * most would-be patients live in countries where what you want is illegal * those would-be patients' access to cryonics depends largely on cryonics organizations being in good standing with the local government in case they die unexpectedly or don't want to travel far * even if you found a jurisdiction where you could do what you want it might have repercussions back where the organization is based and stores the brains/bodies because the home country/state/municipality might forbid import due to how the brain/body was obtained * the countries where would-be patients live might forbid them from contracting for such a service in a location where it is legal (compare the way some countries require their citizens follow national laws when abroad, and that such citizens can be prosecuted for actions they took in foreign nations) I think if you wanted to do this you would need to find a jurisdiction that would be okay with this and be also otherwise suitable for basing a cryonics operation. My guess is the set of places that meet both criteria is empty. And this ignoring the patient access issues I mentioned. Since the current market for cryonics is quite small, my guess is that there just isn't enough demand to make this happen, since I'm sure with enough demand you'd have the money to make a favorable jurisdiction suitable for basing a cryonics operation in.

I'm using opera mini (beta some times) on android and I pasted a whole google search link , maybe their beta servers are in Russia? Or something about opera mini data optimization? I have nothing to hide, it's the ethics of science

There was a google doc. It was creating a syllabus. I was not in charge and I think the person got a job at one of the ai groups doing something else.

Some time passed, so I see a couple of plausible reasons why there is no info yet: 1. There was no such public group. 2. People who participate in this group or know about this group haven't seen my request. Did I miss something?

Sounds like a good idea. I, as well, would like my actions to be ones that follow from that goal and subgoal, though I've lost the last 1-2 years to akrasia. I'm trying to finish a BS in CS in Germany and planning to continue with an MS in CS in Germany. I'm 22 years old, Half-Russian, male, don't smoke/drink. I'm Gurkenglas on Freenode.

In terms of strategy, I recommend you to think about going to work at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms. They recently received a grant from OpenPhil to do AI Safety Research. I can personally recommend the two professors at McGill (Joelle Pineau and Doina Precup). Since you are Russian, you should be able to handle the cold :-)

Hi Hafurelus, your post is in the right place! I support your idea of finding a rival. Friendly competition can indeed foster motivation. I think I'm too far down the path you described to be your direct rival. I'm past the step "PhD in AI/ML", and I'm currently gaining experience in the AI industry before turning to AI safety proper, if the opportunity comes. If anything, I can be the guy that you're trying to catch up to instead of a rival (by no means I think you should follow my steps, but our goals seem to be in the same ballpark). There has been a recent post by 80k Hours that you may find interesting. Do you keep a journal, something to evaluate progress and compare with others?

Try competing on Project Euler or Kaggle? They are okay for all skill levels.