The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) recently opened applications for the Winter 2022 Cohort of the ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program, which aims to help aspiring alignment researchers enter the field by facilitating research seminars, workshops, an academic community, and an independent research project with an alignment research mentor....
The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) recently opened applications for the second iteration of the ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program, which aims to help aspiring alignment researchers enter the field by pairing them with established research mentors and fostering an academic community in Berkeley, California over the summer. Current...
The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) recently opened applications for the Winter 2022 Cohort of the ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program, which aims to help aspiring alignment researchers enter the field by facilitating research seminars, workshops, an academic community, and an independent research project with an alignment research mentor. Applications close on Oct 24 and include a written response to (potentially hard) mentor-specific selection questions, viewable on our website.
Our current mentors include Alex Turner, Andrew Critch, Beth Barnes, Dan Hendrycks, Evan Hubinger, Jesse Clifton, John Wentworth, Nate Soares, Neel Nanda, Owain Evans, Quintin Pope, Rebecca Gorman, Richard Ngo, Stuart Armstrong, Vanessa Kosoy, Victoria Krakovna, and Vivek Hebbar.
MATS is a scientific and educational seminar and... (read 969 more words →)
The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) recently opened applications for the second iteration of the ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program, which aims to help aspiring alignment researchers enter the field by pairing them with established research mentors and fostering an academic community in Berkeley, California over the summer. Current mentors include Alex Gray, Beth Barnes, Evan Hubinger, John Wentworth, Leo Gao and Stuart Armstrong. Applications close on May 15 and include a written response to mentor-specific selection questions, viewable on our website.
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