2019 | October | Joined EA hotel on October 23rd. Attended the Learning-by-doing AI safety workshop. |
Nov-Dec | Studied and read papers about AI safety with focus on wireheading and reward hacking. Increased my background knowledge about computational complexity and algorithms; improved my mathematical problem solving skills. | |
2020 | January | Research on wireheading and reward hacking. Improved my mathematical background and problem solving skills. |
February | Read Anthropic Bias and focused on decision theory. Research proposal phase of AI Safety Camp. | |
March | Research in decision theory. Research on the topic of goal-directedness for AI Safety Camp. | |
April | Research on the mathematical formalisation of goal-directedness for AI Safety Camp. | |
May | Attended AI Safety Camp and some discussions at Web-TAISU. Research on goal-directedness and decision theory. | |
June | Sent two applications to LTFF. Research on goal-directedness and decision theory. | |
July | Research in decision theory. Stayed at the hotel for only two weeks. | |
August | Wrote a short essay on decision theory. Some work on a literature review on goal-directedness. Read some of Magnus Vinding’s books, including Suffering-Focused Ethics. | |
September | Applied to FHI RSP. Various readings in AI safety. | |
October | Read Writing Science by Schimel. Wrote a research proposal on AI alignment. | |
November | Edited the research proposal. Read Life 3.0 by Tegmark, How to Create a Vegan World by Leenaert, The Intentional Stance by Dennett. Some work on a literature review on goal-directedness. | |
December | Worked on a literature review on goal-directedness. Sent the research proposal to potential funders and mentors. Applied to CHAI internship. | |
2021 | (All year long) Research project about an AI that reasons about ethics. See this. | |
January | Read Practical Reasoning about Final Ends by Richardson. Read the Metaethics sequence by Yudkowsky. | |
February | Read Epistemology by Feldman, Artificial Superintelligence by Yampolskiy, papers on a formal model of AGI. | |
March | Organised research ideas, various readings, applied to LTFF. | |
April | Mostly reading. Wrote a post about a possible path to aligned AI. | |
May | Read parts of Superintelligence by Bostrom, read parts of Inference to the Best Explanation by Lipton. Collected various feedback on research. | |
June | Studied some category theory, read parts of Conceptual Mathematics by Lawvere and Schanuel. Applied for funding. | |
July | Studied multi-agent systems. Joined an online workshop organised by GoodAI. | |
August | Readings in philosophy of science (The Beginning of Infinity by Deutsch), qualitative reasoning (Qualitative Representations by Forbus), cognitive architectures. | |
September | Read parts of Architects of Intelligence by Ford, other readings on moral reasoning, organised research ideas, took some time off. | |
October | Finished Architects of Intelligence by Ford. Started writing a followup to Naturalism and AI Alignment. | |
November | Read Engineering General Intelligence Part 1 by Goertzel et al. Finished this post. Sent applications for research grants. | |
December | Read How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? by Anderson; read parts of Engineering General Intelligence Part 2; various readings on AGI and cognitive architectures. Developed some research ideas. | |
2022 | January | Read: Ethical Artificial Intelligence by Hibbard; part of The Illusion of Conscious Will by Wegner; How to Build a Conscious Machine by Angel; various content on intrinsic motivation and goals. Watched a course on moral psychology (University of Warwick). Worked on research ideas. |
February | Read: many essays in Machine Ethics (Cambridge, 2011); half of Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind by Searle; various content about comparative/animal cognition, deliberation and intentional action (both in AI and philosophy), action selection in AI. Worked on research ideas. Attended SERI conference. | |
March | Read: parts of The Arguments of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by Hall; parts of Intuition pumps and other thinking tools by Dennett; various content on intentional action and agency; AERA technical report by Nivel et al. Watched a course on the philosophy of action (University of Warwick). Worked on research ideas. | |
April | Readings: Where Mathematics Comes From by Lakoff & Núñez; Championing Science by Aines & Aines; articles on reason and deliberation in philosophy and cognitive science. Worked on research ideas. Grant writing and applied to CEEALAR. | |
May | Mostly worked on research ideas. | |