Weronika Żurek 🔸

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I am currently a Fieldbuilding Fellow at the Astra Fellowship, and I focus my work on hiring needs and talent pipelines in the AI safety community.

Previously I was a volunteer at Anima International (2017-2023), where I ran a local volunteer group and a campaign team. In 2024, I set up the EA group at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland (currently a city-wide EA group for students).

I hold a Master’s degree in applied psychology. I usually spend my free time doing arts (painting, drawing, crocheting, sewing, and others) or engaging in physical activities (dancing, bouldering, cycling, climbing trees).

Please have a very low bar for reaching out. I am happy to talk to every person in the EA or AI safety community.

Weronika Żurek 🔸 28 May 2026 13:33 UTC
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in reply to: racoocoonie’s comment on: Talent Constraints in AI Safety: What We Know and What We Don’t
Thanks for pointing that out! You (and your Claude) are correct, there are some people who have experience in fieldbuilding somewhere in the world. However, this is a very niche background, and people who have it are very difficult to find. If you’re looking for a person with this type of background for your organisation, there are no obvious groups that you could reach out to as a potential employer; as far as I know, there are no communities that bring together fieldbuilders from different fields (as compared to communities of IT specialists working in different fields, or scientists from different sciences); you can’t even easily headhunt them via LinkedIn, because the official names of their positions probably do not include the world “fieldbuilding”. What I meant in the specific sentence you refer to is that there are close to no pools, and not close to no fieldbuilders. Happy to discuss further if you have follow-up questions!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 19 May 2026 16:28 UTC
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in reply to: Lili’s comment on: Talent Constraints in AI Safety: What We Know and What We Don’t
Ooooh thank you so much, Lili! Can’t wait to meet you at the next EAG <3

Weronika Żurek 🔸 15 May 2026 22:40 UTC
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in reply to: Noah Birnbaum’s comment on: Talent Constraints in AI Safety: What We Know and What We Don’t
Thank you, Noah!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 15 May 2026 22:39 UTC
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in reply to: Aiden Kim🔸’s comment on: Talent Constraints in AI Safety: What We Know and What We Don’t
Glad you liked it!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 15 May 2026 22:39 UTC
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in reply to: tzukitchan’s comment on: Talent Constraints in AI Safety: What We Know and What We Don’t
Thank you, Tzu! <3

Weronika Żurek 🔸 15 May 2026 22:39 UTC
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in reply to: Em Pado’s comment on: Talent Constraints in AI Safety: What We Know and What We Don’t
Thank you, Em! :D

Weronika Żurek 🔸 30 Apr 2026 15:23 UTC
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in reply to: Qbson’s comment on: What 3,654 Job Postings Tell Us About Talent Needs in AI Safety
I would love to do that in a year from now and see what changes. I am also currently working on some more things that might help put the numbers from this post in context—I hope to publish them in the upcoming weeks!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 27 Apr 2026 16:19 UTC
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in reply to: Ryan Kidd’s comment on: What 3,654 Job Postings Tell Us About Talent Needs in AI Safety
Thanks Ryan, sure! I have shared the dataset with you

Weronika Żurek 🔸 23 Apr 2026 23:37 UTC
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in reply to: racoocoonie’s comment on: What 3,654 Job Postings Tell Us About Talent Needs in AI Safety
In the current cycle (January-June 2026), there are only two fellows in the fieldbuilding track. For the next cycle (September 2026 - February 2027), there will be no fieldbuilding track at all. Instead, there will be a separate program called Generator Residency, which is organised by Constellation and Kairos. You can find the details here: https://generatorresidency.org/?utm_source=ais-groups&utm_medium=slack&utm_campaign=summer-26

Weronika Żurek 🔸 23 Apr 2026 0:06 UTC
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on: Building the Field of AI Safety
I am so happy to see this career profile. If we want to scale the field, we really need more great fieldbuilders, and this type of work has not been getting enough attention from career advisory organisations. Thank you, 80 k!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 13 Apr 2026 18:21 UTC
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in reply to: Mia.’s comment on: AI Safety Careers Navigator
I am happy to hear that it was helpful for you, Mia!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 1 Apr 2026 20:43 UTC
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on: CEA’s response to sexual harassment
Thank you so much for speaking up, Frances. What you wrote is heartbreaking and should have never taken place. I am deeply disappointed both about how CEA failed to react to the harm, and how they responded to your post. This is a significant negative update on an organisation that I truly trusted before.

Weronika Żurek 🔸 25 Mar 2026 17:00 UTC
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on: AGI & Animals: Discussion Thread
I expect that factory farming will become even more harmful as a result of AGI

Weronika Żurek 🔸 18 Apr 2025 18:24 UTC
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on: Onboarding Strategy for EA Groups
Thank you so much for sharing that, Guney. I will definitely use some of your ideas

Weronika Żurek 🔸 27 Dec 2024 10:26 UTC
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on: Donation Celebration Post
Effective Altruism Poland

Weronika Żurek 🔸 13 Dec 2024 10:04 UTC
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in reply to: Jason’s comment on: What do Open Philanthropy’s recent changes mean for university group organizers?
I believe an important piece of information here is that Open Phil did not provide funding for organizers spending less than 10 h/week organizing their groups (or at least that was the case when I was applying for funding), so I suppose most of the funded students were probably working on the topic a bit more than that (this is a guess, though)

Weronika Żurek 🔸 12 Dec 2024 12:46 UTC
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in reply to: Joris 🔸’s comment on: What do Open Philanthropy’s recent changes mean for university group organizers?
Hi Joris and Lin, thank you for your responses. Just as mentioned, it is quite interesting, for how many student receiving funding is the factor that decides about them setting up / taking over leading a group or not doing so.
Joris, I will be more than happy to share my thoughts with you in the future. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at weronikamzurek@gmail.com or via slack anytime :) thank you for your work on that and I wish you all best in the process!

Weronika Żurek 🔸 11 Dec 2024 13:39 UTC
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on: What do Open Philanthropy’s recent changes mean for university group organizers?
Thank you for the post and for clarifying the current situation.
I have mixed feelings about the results of the upcoming changes, particularly about stopping funding for part-time group organizers, as I feel this may lead to excluding many students from engaging in organizing groups. This particularly applies to:
- students with a difficult financial situation
- students who must cover high costs of living (e.g. due to living in an expensive city or region)
- students who must pay their university fees or pay back their student loan
I myself am a group organizer to whom none of the above applies, and still one of my main worries about setting up a university EA group was that I would have to start working at some point to cover my costs of living (combining studies, work and organizing a group does not seem possible). In fact, this scenario seemed more likely to happen than not. Thankfully, I received a grant from Open Philantropy to work on the group part-time and this was a game changer. This was the single most important thing that allowed me to set up the group and focus on it fully, which is critical, as I am the only organizer.

I am afraid that not providing funding may stop many students from setting up new groups, lower the capacity of current group organizers and even lead to some groups ceasing to exist. Furthermore, leading a group may essencially become an exclusive activity, available only to financially privileged students.
Having said that, I appreciate the transparency of both your, and Open Phil’s post about the changes. Thank you for sharing that!