Difference between revisions of "There is room for something like RAISE"
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| − | * Detailed solutions for all of the prerequisite math books, e.g. for the ones listed at [https://intelligence.org/research-guide/]. I've started on one example of this at [https://taoanalysis.wordpress.com/] (though I'm writing that blog for other reasons as well). You might wonder, why not Stack Exchange or Quora or something? I already do this. | + | * Detailed solutions for all of the prerequisite math books, e.g. for the ones listed at [https://intelligence.org/research-guide/]. I've started on one example of this at [https://taoanalysis.wordpress.com/] (though I'm writing that blog for other reasons as well). You might wonder, why not Stack Exchange or Quora or something? I already do this, but [[online question-answering services are unreliable]]. and actually this feeling of uncertainty, that I could spend time writing up my question only to be completely ignored, is one of the big reasons why I don't post more questions. |
* A network of tutors or people who have already worked through a particular book, where you can ask them questions in a really ''low friction'' and ''high probability of getting a response'' way. A minimal implementation of this is to have a single tutor focusing on training/helping AI safety people, e.g. tutoring to get them quickly up to speed in some undergraduate subfield, or helping them digest "[[Logical Induction]]". this requires a kind of ADHD/"living library" mindset. | * A network of tutors or people who have already worked through a particular book, where you can ask them questions in a really ''low friction'' and ''high probability of getting a response'' way. A minimal implementation of this is to have a single tutor focusing on training/helping AI safety people, e.g. tutoring to get them quickly up to speed in some undergraduate subfield, or helping them digest "[[Logical Induction]]". this requires a kind of ADHD/"living library" mindset. | ||
* Writing up actually good explanations for things like [[Solomonoff induction]], [[belief propagation]], [[Markov chain Monte Carlo]], etc. Belief propagation in Pearl's book is actually ok (except for the [https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/wiki/User:IssaRice/Type_checking_Pearl%27s_belief_propagation_notation horrible notation]), but as [[Abram]] [https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tp4rEtQqRshPavZsr/learn-bayes-nets says] it doesn't really tell you all the connections you need to know for rationality/AI safety stuff. | * Writing up actually good explanations for things like [[Solomonoff induction]], [[belief propagation]], [[Markov chain Monte Carlo]], etc. Belief propagation in Pearl's book is actually ok (except for the [https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/wiki/User:IssaRice/Type_checking_Pearl%27s_belief_propagation_notation horrible notation]), but as [[Abram]] [https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tp4rEtQqRshPavZsr/learn-bayes-nets says] it doesn't really tell you all the connections you need to know for rationality/AI safety stuff. | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 29 May 2020
Self-studying all of the technical prerequisites for technical AI safety research is hard. The most that people new to the field get is a list of textbooks. I think there is room for something like what RAISE was trying to become: some sort of community/detailed resource/support structure/etc for people studying this stuff.
Here are some more concrete ideas:
- Detailed solutions for all of the prerequisite math books, e.g. for the ones listed at [1]. I've started on one example of this at [2] (though I'm writing that blog for other reasons as well). You might wonder, why not Stack Exchange or Quora or something? I already do this, but online question-answering services are unreliable. and actually this feeling of uncertainty, that I could spend time writing up my question only to be completely ignored, is one of the big reasons why I don't post more questions.
- A network of tutors or people who have already worked through a particular book, where you can ask them questions in a really low friction and high probability of getting a response way. A minimal implementation of this is to have a single tutor focusing on training/helping AI safety people, e.g. tutoring to get them quickly up to speed in some undergraduate subfield, or helping them digest "Logical Induction". this requires a kind of ADHD/"living library" mindset.
- Writing up actually good explanations for things like Solomonoff induction, belief propagation, Markov chain Monte Carlo, etc. Belief propagation in Pearl's book is actually ok (except for the horrible notation), but as Abram says it doesn't really tell you all the connections you need to know for rationality/AI safety stuff.
- Redpilling people about spaced repetition and other effective learning techniques.
- wiki pages on specific papers might also be useful
