Most importantly and maybe surprisingly, while the program is called “Alignment Research Engineering Accelerator”, there is actually almost no content on how to align AI systems
Yeah, I think the assumption is that people can learn this through programs like AISF and then do ARENA just to focus on the skills.
If you’re working independently, the answer is probably no.
Agreed. The ARENA content is developed for the bootcamp format. If you’re not doing it as a bootcamp, you probably don’t want to do all the content as 1 day of content per week given 4 weeks of content time and five days of content per week would be 20 days or half a year. That’s a long time to delay getting started on projects which is what will actually unlock further AI safety opportunities, rather than just working through content. Furthermore, it’ll be hard to keep up with the ARENA pace without the supporting infrastructure around you.
Yeah, I think the assumption is that people can learn this through programs like AISF and then do ARENA just to focus on the skills.
Agreed. The ARENA content is developed for the bootcamp format. If you’re not doing it as a bootcamp, you probably don’t want to do all the content as 1 day of content per week given 4 weeks of content time and five days of content per week would be 20 days or half a year. That’s a long time to delay getting started on projects which is what will actually unlock further AI safety opportunities, rather than just working through content. Furthermore, it’ll be hard to keep up with the ARENA pace without the supporting infrastructure around you.