​[LessWrong Community event announcement: https://www.lesswrong.com/events/kZGehYydasb3FurxG/mini-symposium-on-accelerating-ai-safety-progress-via] 

Are you working on accelerating AI safety effectiveness for existential risks? Interested in contributing to this problem, learning about current efforts, or funding active work? Join us:

​🎯 The Challenge:

• ​AI capabilities are advancing rapidly
• ​Current research literature: Many AI safety approaches may not scale beyond human-level AI
• ​Critical question: Given catastrophic risks at stake, how can we accelerate our progress toward effective technical AI safety solutions, for future powerful AI systems which may emerge in the near-term?

​🚀 Event Focus: This symposium intends to connect researchers, founders, funders, and forward thinkers on technical AI safety acceleration methods.​📍 Location & Time (Hybrid Event):

• ​In-person: Picasso Boardroom, 1185 6th Avenue, NYC (capacity limited to 27 attendees)
• ​Virtual: Unlimited capacity, Google Meet link will be sent to registered participants before event
• ​Date: Friday 10/10 at 4 pm EDT
  • ​(One hour before EA Global NYC 2025 opens nearby)

​📝 Registration:

• ​Free hybrid event with in-person and virtual options
• ​In-person registration: Capacity limited to 27 attendees- register early!
  • ​Registration deadline: Thursday 10/9 at 8 am EDT
• ​Virtual registration: Open until event start

​ 🎤 Lightning Talks about your work or interest in the field:

• ​Format: 7 minutes followed by 5 minutes Q&A
• ​To present: Email martin.leitgab@gmail.com with brief description
• ​Speaker list: Selected speakers visible in public sheet [here]
• ​Post-event: Summary with speaker materials posted on LessWrong (with speaker permission)

​💡 Topics of Interest:

• ​Accelerating discovery of effective safety solutions
• ​Scalable effectiveness predictions for solution candidates
• ​Automating safety research workflow steps
• ​Any technical methods to accelerate towards AI safety effectiveness for AI beyond human-level

​We are looking forward to your participation!