PhD student drops out to work full-time on interpretability and alignment research
burny_tech · x · 2026-11-12
A PhD student posting as treetowntree has decided to leave their doctoral program to work full-time on AI interpretability and alignment research.
Citing a moral obligation to do all they can for safe AI given short timelines, they plan to publish a blog post detailing the decision soon—another example of career pivots driven by AI safety concerns.
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