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Anthropic has a tough alignment interview. Like I aced the coding screener but got rejected after a chat about values. I think they want intense people on the v

Anthropic has a tough alignment interview. Like I aced the coding screener but got rejected after a chat about values. I think they want intense people on the value/safety side as well as the chops.

EE84M3i 1y ago
What does being "intense" on the safety side mean? High risk taking with AI safety or low?
- bravesoul2 1y ago
  Probably alignment with mission. The siblings write a lot about it so read all that. I prepped but I missed the mark. I suspect because of doing too ordinary work so I didn't have examples that would make them think "damm this person gets us".
- bigiain 1y ago
  You need to be insanely dedicated to burning rainforests and boiling oceans so that people can have AI write emails that other people will use AI to summarise and never even read the summary.
  - whacko_quacko 1y ago
    You're mixing up AI and Blockchain there, bud. AI has other, much deeper problems than energy usage, but nice virtue signalling nonetheless.
    - bravesoul2 1y ago
      AI uses a lot of energy but unlike PoW, electricity wastage isn't it's purpose.
    - rcbdev 1y ago
      What does Blockchain have to do with the energy usage of Microsoft's computing centres? Are you trying to downplay the compute required to train and run inference on these large language models by stringing together some contrived comparison to the now 'uncool' Blockchain technology? That would be absurd.
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47282847 1y ago
Maybe I misinterpret but I can’t help but shiver when I read this comment.
- tomcam 1y ago
  I just laughed. You’re a better person than I. You misinterpreted nothing.
mastermage 1y ago
What is an intense person on the value safety side?
- NewsaHackO 1y ago
  Some one who reads the company website and has the communication skills to be able to convincingly regurgitate the company stances on issues. Come on guys, this isn’t some FBI lie detector test, they are going to ask you the same exact question people BS on in every interview to top companies, medical schools, etc.
- uncircle 1y ago
  That’s a fancy metaphor for a “yes man”
pmarreck 1y ago
So much for diversity (at least in thought) hiring, I guess
int_19h 1y ago
To remind, that's a company working on AI for the US military.

Anthropic has a tough alignment interview. Like I aced the coding screener but got rejected after a chat about values. I think they want intense people on the value/safety side as well as the chops.

EE84M3i 1y ago

What does being "intense" on the safety side mean? High risk taking with AI safety or low?

bravesoul2 1y ago
Probably alignment with mission. The siblings write a lot about it so read all that. I prepped but I missed the mark. I suspect because of doing too ordinary work so I didn't have examples that would make them think "damm this person gets us".
bigiain 1y ago
You need to be insanely dedicated to burning rainforests and boiling oceans so that people can have AI write emails that other people will use AI to summarise and never even read the summary.
- whacko_quacko 1y ago
  You're mixing up AI and Blockchain there, bud. AI has other, much deeper problems than energy usage, but nice virtue signalling nonetheless.
  - bravesoul2 1y ago
    AI uses a lot of energy but unlike PoW, electricity wastage isn't it's purpose.
  - rcbdev 1y ago
    What does Blockchain have to do with the energy usage of Microsoft's computing centres? Are you trying to downplay the compute required to train and run inference on these large language models by stringing together some contrived comparison to the now 'uncool' Blockchain technology? That would be absurd.
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47282847 1y ago

Maybe I misinterpret but I can’t help but shiver when I read this comment.

tomcam 1y ago
I just laughed. You’re a better person than I. You misinterpreted nothing.

mastermage 1y ago

What is an intense person on the value safety side?

NewsaHackO 1y ago
Some one who reads the company website and has the communication skills to be able to convincingly regurgitate the company stances on issues. Come on guys, this isn’t some FBI lie detector test, they are going to ask you the same exact question people BS on in every interview to top companies, medical schools, etc.
uncircle 1y ago
That’s a fancy metaphor for a “yes man”

pmarreck 1y ago

So much for diversity (at least in thought) hiring, I guess

int_19h 1y ago

To remind, that's a company working on AI for the US military.