Executive summary: The emergence of advanced AI systems creates opportunities and risks, opening up impactful careers in AI governance to help ensure beneficial outcomes.
Key points:
AI progress has accelerated, raising concerns about catastrophic risks as well as optimism about solving problems. This makes AI governance to steer developments prudently more important.
Impactful work could be in government, research, industry, advocacy, auditing, or international coordination. Flexibility and gaining career capital in relevant skills will be valuable.
Technical knowledge can complement policy expertise. Testing your fit via internships and entry-level roles is recommended.
Government, think tanks, advocacy groups, and companies are promising places to build expertise and connections.
Care is needed to avoid unintended harms from governance attempts. Burnout is a risk in demanding policy roles.
Increased attention on AI makes impactful interventions more tractable, though risks remain neglected.
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Executive summary: The emergence of advanced AI systems creates opportunities and risks, opening up impactful careers in AI governance to help ensure beneficial outcomes.
Key points:
AI progress has accelerated, raising concerns about catastrophic risks as well as optimism about solving problems. This makes AI governance to steer developments prudently more important.
Impactful work could be in government, research, industry, advocacy, auditing, or international coordination. Flexibility and gaining career capital in relevant skills will be valuable.
Technical knowledge can complement policy expertise. Testing your fit via internships and entry-level roles is recommended.
Government, think tanks, advocacy groups, and companies are promising places to build expertise and connections.
Care is needed to avoid unintended harms from governance attempts. Burnout is a risk in demanding policy roles.
Increased attention on AI makes impactful interventions more tractable, though risks remain neglected.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.