I think that the distribution of mentors we are drawing from is slowing growing to include more highly respected academics and industry professionals by percentage. I think this increases the average quality of our mentor applicant pool, but I understand that this is might be controversial. Note that I still think our most impactful mentors are well-known within the AI safety field and most of the top-50 most impactful researchers in AI safety apply to mentor at MATS.
I think that the distribution of mentors we are drawing from is slowing growing to include more highly respected academics and industry professionals by percentage. I think this increases the average quality of our mentor applicant pool, but I understand that this is might be controversial. Note that I still think our most impactful mentors are well-known within the AI safety field and most of the top-50 most impactful researchers in AI safety apply to mentor at MATS.