BLUF:
* To determine whether AI is ‘improving exponentially’, ‘hitting the wall’, or any other claim which involves a quantity or magnitude (e.g. ‘This model was a big leap/small increment’). We need a good y-axis: an interval scale of AI capability which means +1 unit always represents the same degree of ‘how much better’, in the same way +1 degree Celsius is always the same amount of ‘how much hotter’.
* Yet there is no good y-axis for AI capability. All our...
Public service announcement
1. Applications are now open for our first ever round of the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program dedicated exclusively to animal welfare. Learn more about what’s different this round here and apply...
TL;DR
* The Long-Term Future Fund is closing down, and EA Funds is launching the Transformative AI Fund with a new full-time team.
* The fund's primary focus is technical AI safety and AI governance (including post-AGI governance), as well as supporting fields such as field-building and forecasting. We'll also consider non-GCR implications of transformative AI such as flourishing futures and digital...
TARA Round 1, 2026 — Last call: 9 Spots Remaining
𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 ~𝟳𝟱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 across 6 APAC cities for TARA's first round this year. Applications were meant to close in January, but we have room for 9 more people in select cities.
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Manila, Tokyo & Singapore
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: → Apply by March 1 (AOE) → Attend the March 7 icebreaker → Week 1 begins March 14
TARA is a 14-week, part-time technical AI safety program delivering the ARENA curriculum through weekly Saturday sessions. It's designed for people who can't relocate or pause their careers for full-time programs.
Apply here: https://www.taraprogram.org/