Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Consider applying to a 2-week alignment project with former GitHub CEO, published by jacobjacob on April 4, 2023 on LessWrong.

Signal-boosting this tweet from Nat Friedman, former github CEO, who says:

I'm seeking a researcher/journalist with an interest in AI/rationalism/xrisk for a 1-2 week project. To apply please email [email protected] with evidence that you (a) read scifi and (b) understand this tweet:

Linked tweet says:

What's you response to Orthogonality Thesis+Instrumental Convergence+AI arms race+ likely Mesa Optimization+ rapid recent progress in AI via ML = we are likely doomed? I have a PhD in econ so I do understand risk.

I don't know much about this nor I do have any affiliation with it. But it seems pretty cool to me and at least worth considering for people in the target reference class!

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