Lessons I’ve Learned From Self-Teaching
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Lessons learned from years of self-teaching: use Anki, read multiple books concurrently, and don’t be afraid of easier texts.
Table of Contents Make sure you remember the content Random Anki tips Read several textbooks concurrently Completing the whole textbook is usually a big waste of time, please don’t do it Read easier textbooks instead of struggling valiantly Be comfortable with approximate models Conclusion Similar posts In 2018, I was a bright-eyed grad student who was freaking out about AI alignment. I guess I’m still a bright-eyed grad student freaking out about AI alignment, but that’s beside the point. I wanted to help, and so I started levelling up. While I’d read Nate Soares’s self-teaching…
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