I last checked the AI Watch database a few weeks ago and it seemed very bad. E.g. missing Mark Xu, John Wentworth, Rebecca Gorman, Vivek Hebbar, and Quintin Pope, many of whom are MATS mentors! Also missing Conjecture, ARC, Apart Research, and GovAI as far as I can tell.
Given these flaws, it’s strange that the AI Watch database is part of the most visible AI safety intro material. The official EA intro (Ben Todd’s comment suggests he wrote this?) says there are ~300 people working on AI safety; it cites a few sources including AI Watch. The 80k problem profile also estimates 300; as far as I can tell the only source is AI Watch.
I last checked the AI Watch database a few weeks ago and it seemed very bad. E.g. missing Mark Xu, John Wentworth, Rebecca Gorman, Vivek Hebbar, and Quintin Pope, many of whom are MATS mentors! Also missing Conjecture, ARC, Apart Research, and GovAI as far as I can tell.
Given these flaws, it’s strange that the AI Watch database is part of the most visible AI safety intro material. The official EA intro (Ben Todd’s comment suggests he wrote this?) says there are ~300 people working on AI safety; it cites a few sources including AI Watch. The 80k problem profile also estimates 300; as far as I can tell the only source is AI Watch.