I have always been fascinated by biology. I'd binge watch nature documentaries since I was a small kid, and I am deeply concerned with environmentalism.
However, I also have a desire to help the world, to do the most good that I can do. And 80.000 hours has presented some really strong arguments about why AI alignment might be my best opportunity to do this.
But, I really don't have the same fascination towards AI as I do with biology. This is just something that has never been on my mind. I really can't see myself turning my back to biology. It seems I ought to, but I don't want to.
One solution to this conundrum would be to become as fascinated with AI as I am with biology. So, I would like to ask for recommendations for books, documentaries, videos or anything else that you think might spark my interest towards it.
Just checking, have you tried coding at all? I've found that solving simple coding challenges to be very fun (starting with interactive courses like codeacademy, and then sources of interesting problems like Project Euler, HackerRank, etc).