We’re running a three-day program for experienced professionals moving into AI safety. See our announcement post for more details. Lateral Workshop received over 700 applications for its first cohort. We were happily surprised by the range and quality of experiences, and decided to expand the workshop to accept more applicants....
TL;DR: Lateral Workshop is a program in Berkeley from September 11–13 for mid-career and senior professionals who are interested in transitioning into AI safety work to meet people in the field and explore how they can fit in. If you have experience in another field and are interested in translating...
Right now, most AI safety talent is concentrated in just a few cities: San Francisco, Berkeley, London, Oxford, and Washington D.C. Some other cities also deserve honorable mentions: Boston, Toronto, New York, Singapore, Cambridge. These cities also have an AI safety (or AI safety friendly) co-working space, such as Constellation,...