TLDR: As a junior technical AI safety researcher, do not try to write and publish your first paper alone; the chances of success on this are very low. Go to SPAR or another part-time research fellowship instead. I facilitate the BlueDot Technical AI safety course, so I meet many people...
Suppose you are a technical AI safety researcher who has done some research, but has not yet landed a full-time job. In this post, I argue that taking a contract research manager position (~3 months) on one of the AI safety fellowships could be more valuable for your research career...
Navigating AI safety fellowships and other programs as an early researcher is confusing because there are many of them, and it's not obvious which to prioritize or in what order. This post gives a rough progression path. For this post, we assume the goal is to get a full-time job...