Thanks, I’ve put that in our feedback database. I do wonder though whether it might have the opposite (demotivating) effect if the acceptance rate is lower than they expect.
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Thanks Chris, that’s motivating to hear!
Nice course, I’ve added the curriculum to AISafety.com/self-study.
Nice, I’ve added this to AISafety.com/funders
Nice, added to the AI Safety Map and AISafety.com Communities page
Nice, added to AISafety.com/events-and-training and the newsletter
Thanks for the heads up, I’ll send you a DM to troubleshoot – I suspect it may just be a browser extension messing with it.
Today there are over 100 in-person AI safety communities around the globe, and now they’re hopefully a little easier to find: we’ve added an interactive map listing them all to the AISafety.com Communities page.
This should make it a little easier for newcomers to find their nearest group and for established members to connect when traveling, as well as providing a general overview of the distribution of communities around the world.
Below the map we still have the searchable list of in-person and online communities.
Like all resources on AISafety.com, we’ll keep this updated. If you notice a group is missing or have any feedback, please let us know.
Special thanks to @agucova for providing a number of entries for the database.
Thanks Tenoke, that’s useful feedback. The inline links have become less obvious since we made the body text brighter, so we’ll need to look at ways of making them stand out more.
That person appears to be quite a fan of the map :)
Thanks a lot! I’ve added some of those to the page, and also some from that forum post.
That’s great feedback, thanks! I’ve gone ahead and put it under the page title for each resource.
I’ve put it on our list of possible future pages, and added some of the things from that doc to our Funders page. Thanks Chris!
One challenge in AI safety field-building is that otherwise-useful resources – like lists of courses or funders or local groups – generally become outdated over time. We’ve tried to solve this by collecting a bunch of resources together at AISafety.com and dedicating considerable bandwidth to keeping them updated.
Until recently, this maintenance has been largely ad hoc, making additions and changes as we learned of them. To ensure nothing slips through the cracks, we’ve now added a schedule for doing thorough sweeps through the entire database for each resource. Below is our current plan:
Every 3 months: general sweep
Every 3 months: general sweep
(maybe) Every 6 months: request update from organisers
Every 3 months: general sweep
Every 6 months: request update from owners of active projects
[This is a filtered subset of 80k’s database and updates automatically]
Twice weekly: check for new events and programs
Every 2 weeks: add any dates previously unannounced and check for changes to application deadlines
Every 2 weeks: check for changes to “applications open/closed” status
Every 3 months: general sweep
Every 1 month: check no links are broken
Every 3 months: general sweep
Every 3 months: check no links are broken
Every 6 months: review entire guide
Every 3 months: general sweep
We’re also continuing to make immediate updates whenever we become aware of them. In other words, this is just the minimum you can expect for regular maintenance. If you spot a correction or want to add something new, please get in touch via the form on the relevant resource page. Our goal is to keep AISafety.com’s resources as accurate and up to date as possible.
Hey Severin, I’m happy to say that the idea of a maintained database of AIS field-building ideas has now been implemented at AISafety.com/projects. I’m considering adding your ideas here to the database but since this post is quite old I’m wondering whether there’s any notable changes you would make to the list?
Hey Akash, I’m considering adding these to AISafety.com/projects but I’m conscious that this post is two years old – is there anything you would change since you first wrote it?
Hey Ryan, I’m considering adding these to AISafety.com/projects but I’m conscious that this post is nearly two years old – is there anything you would change since you first wrote it?
That’s useful data, thanks – I’ve put it as added context to your feedback