AI Safety Fundamentals

Exploring impactful funding sources within the effective altruism community for initiatives like community growth, student scholarships, and career-building in fields like biosecurity and AI. Discover diverse funding opportunities from EA Funds, SAF and SFF projects, and the Future of Life Institute for collective empowerment and maximizing positive influence.

The podcast explores the importance of technical expertise in AI governance, covering areas like hardware engineering, software development, and information security. It discusses engineering technical levers, forecasting AI development, technical standards development, and grantmaking to boost AI governance interventions.

Exploring talent needs in AI governance, the podcast discusses the importance of high-level strategizing, technical experts, key skills in AI research, roles in AI governance, and improving skills for junior researchers. It emphasizes the critical aspects like model evaluation for extreme risks, information security, AI forecasting, and stakeholder management.