I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
Earn enough money or as much as money you can, so you can stay away from your relatives.
One of the worst thing about Indian society is relatives, earn more and get out of this mud of judgemental crass loop.
I've been a stock trader for 43 years. Based on my experience, the market will never outsmart me and take my capital during bear markets or sky rocket without me onbosrd for the ride during bull markets. That sounds very arrogant, doesn't it. But wait until you hear the reason why.
Because I never try to outsmart the market.
What i have learned is humility. The market is always right. And if I am yielding to its message, I can never be outsmarted by the very force I am respecting and staying in gear with.
There's a fortune in this one paragraph.
You're actually standing at a crossroads that few people realize.
You're no longer young enough to act recklessly, but you're not old enough to be unable to start over.
The most dangerous thing at this stage isn't failure, but rather the fear of trying.
You'll start thinking: "I don't really like this job, but it seems okay?" "I'm not sure if this path is right, but will things get worse if I switch?" So you keep dragging things out.
But I want to tell you directly: 25-32 is the time in your life when the cost of making mistakes is lowest.
You have the energy, the time, some experience, and you don't have a mortgage, children, or aging parents to weigh on you.
So now: Change jobs, learn new skills, travel, go anywhere you want to go, move to another city, start a business, fail.
Waste time on things you want to know, because you can afford to waste it now.
For many people, the most painful thing isn't failure, but knowing that they could have taken a different path back then, but didn't.
romanticize your life, take pretty pictures, feel like the main character, light up a candle, read books, go for a walk, dance to your favorite music, buy yourself presents, do whatever you want, be happy - this is your life, don't let anyone take it from you
The fight isn’t over yet. Get ready for the epic series finale of Stranger Things.
Volume 1: November 26, 5pm PT*
Volume 2: Christmas, 5pm PT*
The Finale: New Year's Eve, 5pm PT*
*releasing worldwide all at once, date may vary based on your local timezone #TUDUM
Best career advice that I can give: Don't ever attach yourself to a person, a place, a company, an organization or a project. Attach yourself to a mission, a calling, a purpose ONLY. That's how you keep your power & your peace. It's worked pretty well for me thus far.