Below is a list of some of the advisors we used for mentor selection. Notes:
With that out of the way, here are some advisors who helped us for the Winter 2024-25 cohort:
The above people also advised us for the Summer 2025 cohort. We also added the below advisors for that cohort:
OK, my current evidence is that Jessica Taylor says on Twitter that she knew Ophelia, Ophelia was a Ziz fan, and Ophelia told Jessica that Ophelia was in contact with Somni and Emma prior to the landlord incident.
Looking back on this thread, I'm so confused why this comment was highly upvoted. Isn't it kind of obvious that it's reasonable to focus on Eliezer / MIRI because they are super influential (or at least were, with their influence continuing to wane over time)? I think this holds even if there are other problems with shard theory one could address, and even if TurnTrout's complaints about Eliezer/MIRI don't hold water.
In this comment we list the names of some of our advisors.