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Applications have opened for the Summer 2023 Cohort of the SERI ML Alignment Theory Scholars Program! Our mentors include Alex Turner, Dan Hendrycks, Daniel Kokotajlo, Ethan Perez, Evan Hubinger, Janus, Jeffrey Ladish, Jesse Clifton, John Wentworth, Lee Sharkey, Neel Nanda, Nicholas Kees Dupuis, Owain Evans, Victoria Krakovna, and Vivek Hebbar. Applications are due on May 7, 11:59 pm PT. We encourage prospective applicants to fill out our interest form (~1 minute) to receive program updates and application deadline reminders! You can also recommend that someone apply to MATS, and we will reach out and share our application with them. Program details SERI MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with the Berkeley alignment research community. Additionally, MATS provides scholars with housing and travel, a co-working space, and a community of peers. The main goal of MATS is to help scholars develop as alignment researchers. Timeline Based on individual circumstances, we may be willing to alter the time commitment of the scholars program and allow scholars to leave or start early. Please tell us your availability when applying. Our tentative timeline for applications and the MATS Summer 2023 program is below. Pre-program * Application release: Apr 8 * Application due date: May 7, 11:59 PT * Acceptance status: Mid-Late May Summer program * Program Start: Early Jun. The Summer 2023 Cohort consists of three phases. * Training phase: Early-Late Jun * Research phase: Jul 3-Aug 31 * Extension phase: ~ Sep-Dec Training phase A 4-week online training program (10 h/week for two weeks, then 40 h/week for two weeks). Scholars receive a stipend for completing this part of MATS (historically, $6k). Scholars whose applications are accepted join the training phase. Mentors work on various alignment research agen