Hi, I'm Tyler

Quick Facts

• Member of Technical Staff at Redwood Research
• Working on High-Stakes AI Control research
• Was a software engineer, realized AI was a big deal, quit my job, now I'm here

Core Beliefs

• AI is the most important invention in human history and will have dramatic consequences for the future of the universe
• We should aim to increase understanding in the universe
• All software and information that does not pose an existential threat should be open source and accessible to everyone
• All living creatures capable of experiencing suffering deserve to be treated with moral consideration.
• Things used to be worse, they are better now, and they could be even better

Goals

• Maximize the amount of experience that I have (live forever)
• Prevent AI from taking over the world
• Design the "correct way" to build and compose software

Hot Takes

• Browsers are an anti-pattern
• You don't know what consciousness is
• ML is stupid; good old-fashioned AI would have worked

Phrases

• Always in progress
• I use Arch & Neovim, btw
• Everything is a function