Why I Left Google DeepMind

Preface for LessWrong: When I think back on my most cherished memories of this community, I return to those honoring defiance in pursuit of goodness : Defying prestigious dogma and searching for raw truth; Defying social pressure, acting alone to help someone while others watch; Defying your self-expectations (your “ role ”), instead searching over lines of cause-and-effect to find a winning pathway; Defying a powerful foe’s threats, because they only threaten since people like you cave; Defying the specter of apparent impossibility because you can’t bear to lose. I cannot return to you and sa