Erin Robertson

Edit: Applications for this round are now closed! If you are interested in future rounds, you can express interest here. TLDR; apply by April 24th 23:59 GMT+1 to join a 12-week programme and write a technical AI safety paper in a team of 4 with supervision from an experienced researcher. Work full time from the LISA offices in London, alongside AI safety organisations including Apollo Research, Bluedot Impact and Leap Labs. Apply to be a participant here Express interest in being a supervisor here London AI Safety Research (LASR) Labs (previously run as AI Safety Hub Labs) is a research programme where participants will work in small teams to publish a paper and accompanying blog post contributing to AI safety. Teams of 4 will work with a supervisor to write an academic paper, with support and management from LASR. We expect LASR Labs to be a good fit for applicants looking to join technical AI safety teams in the next year. From the previous cohort, three alumni are working in the UK AI Safety Institute, another is working on OpenAI’s dangerous capabilities evals team, and several others are continuing collaborations with their supervisors or doing AI Safety research in their PhD programmes. Labs will also be a good fit for someone hoping to publish in academia; four out of five groups in the last cohort had papers accepted to workshops (at NeurIPS) or conferences (ICLR). Participants will work full time and in person from the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) co-working space, a hub for researchers from organisations such as Apollo Research, Leap Labs, PIBBSS, Pivotal Research and MATS extension programme. The office will host various guest sessions, talks, and networking events. Programme details: The programme will run from the 1st July to the 20th September 2024 (12 weeks). Participants will receive travel expenses and free lunch and dinner Monday - Friday. In the first week, you will learn about and critically evaluate ~12 technical AI sa