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Impact Assessment of AI Safety Camp (Arb Research)

Authors: Sam Holton, Misha Yagudin Data collection: David Mathers, Patricia Lim Note: Arb Research was commissioned to produce this impact assessment by the AISC organizers. Summary AI Safety Camp (AISC) connects people interested in AI safety (AIS) to a research mentor, forming project teams that last for a few weeks...

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Impact Assessment of AI Safety Camp (Arb Research)

Authors: Sam Holton, Misha Yagudin Data collection: David Mathers, Patricia Lim Note: Arb Research was commissioned to produce this impact assessment by the AISC organizers. Summary AI Safety Camp (AISC) connects people interested in AI safety (AIS) to a research mentor, forming project teams that last for a few weeks...

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Impact Assessment of AI Safety Camp (Arb Research)

Samuel Holton

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Authors: Sam Holton, Misha Yagudin

Data collection: David Mathers, Patricia Lim

Note: Arb Research was commissioned to produce this impact assessment by the AISC organizers.

Summary

AI Safety Camp (AISC) connects people interested in AI safety (AIS) to a research mentor, forming project teams that last for a few weeks and go on to write up their findings. To assess the impact of AISC, we first consider how the organization might increase the productivity of the Safety field as a whole. Given its short duration and focus on introducing new people to AIS, we conclude that AISC’s largest contribution is in producing new AIS researchers that otherwise wouldn’t have joined the field.

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