I don’t think we have much data on the effects of these [upskilling] grants several years out, as we have only been making them for 1-2 years, but I think that people often move into doing impactful work pretty quickly after their upskilling grant anyway.
I thought the first upskilling grant took place in early 2019?
Orpheus Lummis ($10,000): Upskilling in contemporary AI techniques, deep RL, and AI safety, before pursuing a ML PhD
Yep, my mistake. I probably should have said, ’We have only been making a large quantity of these kinds of grants for a few years.” I’ll make a not to flag some of the early upskilling grants to the retroevals project team.
I thought the first upskilling grant took place in early 2019?
Arguably the Lauren Lee grant also qualifies.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CJJDwgyqT4gXktq6g/long-term-future-fund-april-2019-grant-recommendations
Yep, my mistake. I probably should have said, ’We have only been making a large quantity of these kinds of grants for a few years.” I’ll make a not to flag some of the early upskilling grants to the retroevals project team.