A couple of years ago I heard some people say that "becoming a father didn't make me, or other fathers, less productive" and I've often wondered about that. Seems difficult when both parents have career ambitions/demanding positions like you.
I'm also interested to see more of (for lack of a better phrase) a "mother's perspective on superintelligence" because the space is very male-coded far-mode childless guy dragging society into a new future. But of course you're much more than a mother and don't need to combine all those topics into one! :)
Yeah, I think the impact on productivity depends on a lot of things and can vary a lot. I do suspect a lot of men who feel little impact have female partners who take on a lot of the parenting burden... For me, the impact has been bigger than I hoped so far, but I'm optimistic about continuing to do impactful work - it might just need to look a bit different than I thought.
I don't know if I (yet) have specific takes-as-a-mother on AI, but I do agree that a lot of the discussion comes from a pretty narrow group, so I hope I can help broaden perspectives a little bit!
I'm glad the algorithm brought your blog to my feed! This post really resonates because you summarise how I'm currently approaching writing myself.
For what it's worth, I think a blog that's less curated, but where the author writes about things that feel genuinely motivating to them, is a brand in itself. I'm a bit biased because I personally really enjoy reading blogs like this.
But also, figuring out a path to a better future – whether that's through working on AI policy or otherwise – will naturally spark a lot of different ideas and links between them. So I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on AI policy, parenting, work-life balance, and whatever other cross-section of topics that demonstrate how you're making sense of what it means to create a better world. :)
Subscribed! :)
A couple of years ago I heard some people say that "becoming a father didn't make me, or other fathers, less productive" and I've often wondered about that. Seems difficult when both parents have career ambitions/demanding positions like you.
I'm also interested to see more of (for lack of a better phrase) a "mother's perspective on superintelligence" because the space is very male-coded far-mode childless guy dragging society into a new future. But of course you're much more than a mother and don't need to combine all those topics into one! :)
Thanks Siebe!
Yeah, I think the impact on productivity depends on a lot of things and can vary a lot. I do suspect a lot of men who feel little impact have female partners who take on a lot of the parenting burden... For me, the impact has been bigger than I hoped so far, but I'm optimistic about continuing to do impactful work - it might just need to look a bit different than I thought.
I don't know if I (yet) have specific takes-as-a-mother on AI, but I do agree that a lot of the discussion comes from a pretty narrow group, so I hope I can help broaden perspectives a little bit!
I'm glad the algorithm brought your blog to my feed! This post really resonates because you summarise how I'm currently approaching writing myself.
For what it's worth, I think a blog that's less curated, but where the author writes about things that feel genuinely motivating to them, is a brand in itself. I'm a bit biased because I personally really enjoy reading blogs like this.
But also, figuring out a path to a better future – whether that's through working on AI policy or otherwise – will naturally spark a lot of different ideas and links between them. So I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on AI policy, parenting, work-life balance, and whatever other cross-section of topics that demonstrate how you're making sense of what it means to create a better world. :)
Yay, I'm glad too! And thank you, this is encouraging :) I'm also looking forward to digging into some of your writing!