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Do not try to write your first research publication as a single author

When:

June 5, 2026 · 6:31 PM

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A review of Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall — LessWrong

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A review of Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall — LessWrong

TLDR: As a junior technical AI safety researcher, do not try to write and publish your first paper alone; the chances of success on this are very low. Go to SPAR or another part-time research fellowship instead. I facilitate the BlueDot Technical AI safety course, so I meet many people who want to transition to an AI safety technical researcher career. Usually, people are either from an engineering background or from research in other science areas. A reasonable first main goal for them is to pu