TL;DR: We are running a UK-based ML upskilling camp from 2-10 January for people with no prior experience in ML who want to work on technical AI safety. We also accept applicants from outside the UK. Apply here by 11 December.

We (Nathan Barnard, Joe Hardie, Quratul Zainab and Hannah Erlebach) will be running a machine learning upskilling camp this January in conjunction with the Cambridge AI Safety Hub. The camp is designed for people with little-to-no ML experience to work through a curriculum based on the first two weeks of MLAB under the guidance of experienced mentors, in order to develop skills which are necessary for conducting many kinds of technical AI safety research.

The camp will take place from 2-10 January in Cambridge, UK.
Accommodation will be provided at Emmanuel College.
There are up to 20 in-person spaces; the camp will take place in the Sidney Street Office in central Cambridge.

There is also the option to attend online for those who cannot attend in-person, although participants are encouraged to attend in-person if possible, as we expect it to be substantially harder to make progress if attending online. As such, our bar for accepting virtual participants will be higher. We can cover travel costs if this is a barrier to attending in-person.

Apply to be a participant

Who we are looking for

The typical participant we are looking for will have:

Strong quantitative skills (e.g., a maths/physics/engineering background)
An intention to work on AI safety research projects which require ML experience
Little-to-no prior ML experience

The following are strongly preferred, but not essential:

Programming experience (preferably Python)
AI safety knowledge equivalent to having at least completed the AGI Safety Fundamentals alignment curriculum

Note that those with less programming experience will be expected to self-study ahead of the camp to get up to speed with the Python prerequisites; please only apply if you are able to commit to putting in the time for this.

The camp is open to participants from all over the world, but in particular those from the UK and Europe; for those located in the USA or Canada, we recommend (also) applying for the CBAI Winter ML Bootcamp, happening either in Boston or Berkeley (deadline 4 December).

If you're unsure if you're a good fit for this camp, we encourage you to err on the side of applyin...

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