I’m excited by the recent explosion of activity aimed at supporting people in entering impactful careers, e.g.:
The number of people doing such work at universities roughly doubled this past year, the amount of support going to each of these campus organizers also greatlyincreased, and relevant organizations have big plans to further build relevant, professionalized university centers.
A bunch of programs that support undergrads in learning about some pressing problems / getting relevant research experience all started or greatly scaled this past year, e.g.: the Stanford, Cambridge, and Swiss Existential Risk Initatives’ summer research internships; global introductory courses on important fields; and a high-impact internship board for undergrads.
3+ programs aimed at supporting impact-driven high schoolers launched.
I’m excited by the recent explosion of activity aimed at supporting people in entering impactful careers, e.g.:
The number of people doing such work at universities roughly doubled this past year, the amount of support going to each of these campus organizers also greatly increased, and relevant organizations have big plans to further build relevant, professionalized university centers.
A bunch of programs that support undergrads in learning about some pressing problems / getting relevant research experience all started or greatly scaled this past year, e.g.: the Stanford, Cambridge, and Swiss Existential Risk Initatives’ summer research internships; global introductory courses on important fields; and a high-impact internship board for undergrads.
3+ programs aimed at supporting impact-driven high schoolers launched.
The OpenPhil Tech Policy Fellowship, the ML for Alignment Boot Camp, and the ML Alignment Theory Program—all of which were launched this year—are collectively supporting dozens of people with intensive training/support for entering impactful careers.
Broadly makes me optimistic that the movement will do well at turning its funding overhang into impactful, direct work.