Life Choice: Should Someone Highly Interested in AGI Research Jeopardize Their Existing Career to Pursue It?

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Tyler Mills’s avatar
Tyler MillsOP, 6 days ago·#3611

A hiatus would create a "resume gap," weakening hireability in the field. This is to be avoided, but only assuming working in the field is itself desirable, which may not be the case, here, unless better opportunities arise (roles allowing more contact with physics, math and design -- i.e. "engineering"!).

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Dirk Meulenbelt revised about 18 hours ago·#3775
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This is solved by actively doing some visible stuff you'd want to do anyway as an AGI researcher.

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Dennis Hackethal, about 18 hours ago·#3777

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