"A freshman year during the AI midgame: my approach to the next year" by Buck
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English - April 19, 2023 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.42 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsNon-Profit Business non-profit philosophy futurism technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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I recently spent some time reflecting on my career and my life, for a few reasons:
It was my 29th birthday, an occasion which felt like a particularly natural time to think through what I wanted to accomplish over the course of the next year 🙂.It seems like AI progress is heating up.It felt like a good time to reflect on how Redwood has been going, because we’ve been having conversations with funders about getting more funding.I wanted to have a better answer to these questions:
What’s the default trajectory that I should plan for my career to follow? And what does this imply for what I should be doing right now?How much urgency should I feel in my life?How hard should I work?How much should I be trying to do the most valuable-seeming thing, vs engaging in more playful exploration and learning?Original article:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/2DzLY6YP2z5zRDAGA/a-freshman-year-during-the-ai-midgame-my-approach-to-the
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