/sci/ - Science & Math » Thread #13759184

28KiB, 4000x1791, pbio.0020187.g002.png

View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 22:42:35 2021 No.13759184 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13759195 >>13759205 >>13759211 >>13759258 >>13759266

What can I, as a pure math graduate student (MS, plan on PhD afterwards), do to maximize my odds of reaching LEV?
Would it be an academic/industry career in ML/AI research? Work soulless jobs like being a quant and make $$? Transition to a career in bioinformatics?

Anonymous

View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO 132DE591-AE26-436B-87D2-DF2C3204 (...).png, 373KiB, 1700x850

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:48:00 No.13759195 Report

Quoted By: >>13759220

>>13759184
The answer to this is almost always "make a lot of money". You can use the money you make to invest so that you can afford life extension therapies when they become available, and to donate to life extension research and AI safety. Also, you should sign up for cryonics in case life extension doesn't advance fast enough.

Anonymous

View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO 9198D4C8-534E-4FE6-91F8-AFB9D9CB (...).png, 98KiB, 1500x785

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:50:50 No.13759205 Report

Quoted By: >>13759220

>>13759184
You may also want to check out 80,000 Hours for career advice. If you think you talented enough to contribute directly to life extension, you may want to consider interning at SENS or something.

https://80000hours.org/
https://youtube.com/channel/UCafjal1QYJ3rb0Y9xZk1Ezg

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:53:27 No.13759211 Report

Quoted By: >>13759220

>>13759184
If you want investment advice in order to maximize how much money you make and want to increase your odds of beating the market, you could read Bayesian Investor.

http://www.bayesianinvestor.com/blog/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:58:36 No.13759220 Report

Quoted By: >>13759286

>>13759195
My undergrad was pure math but with a healthy dose of applied math classes such as mathematical modeling, mathematical statistics I-II, intro to data science, computer science I-II.
I can easily change my math MS from pure to applied. Would you recommend doing a PhD afterwards? Or is my best bet to sell my soul and start trying to make $? My only concern is that I'm the type of person that yearns to do research, and I feel like selling my soul for money would eat me up as a person, leaving me extremely unsatisfied.
>>13759205
>>13759211
I'll check them out, thanks

Anonymous

View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO 604A5B27-CCB7-4433-80D2-450469ED (...).jpg, 87KiB, 720x400

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 23:14:54 No.13759258 Report

Quoted By:

>>13759184
You should only consider ML/AI research if you think you are talented enough to contribute to solving the AI alignment problem. If you are unsure about your level of talent, you could contact an AI organization like MIRI or the Center on Long-Term Risk and attend a workshop or try to get an internship.

https://intelligence.org/get-involved/
https://longtermrisk.org/career-coaching/

Granted, there are risks to AI research, such as the "near miss risk" that Brian Tomasik has written about.

https://reducing-suffering.org/near-miss/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 23:20:36 No.13759266 Report

Quoted By:

>>13759184
Bioinformatics is super fun, esp if you're plagued with ADHD and enjoy looking up some random ass genes and lncRNAs that pop up as sig hits. But in terms of the field there isn't much usefulness by itself without followup with a experimental biology component.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 23:34:06 No.13759286 Report

Quoted By:

>>13759220
>Would you recommend doing a PhD afterwards?
I'm not sure how qualified I am to answer this, but doing a PhD (or going into academia in general) could A) cause you to go into significant debt, B) leave you unsatisfied due to basically being a slave, and C) you could end up being cancelled eventually because of some PC bullshit.

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

Your latest searches