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Headline finding: I audited 17 AI Safety Talent programmes. Zero of 17 have published any comparison group, rejected-applicant follow-up, matched control or randomisation. Not one. Every programme that mentions a counterfactual does it by asking participants to self-report.
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Author: Grace Ryba (she/her), Executive Director
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TechCongress, an org that places technologists in the offices of members of US Congress to write policy, has opened an AI Safety Fellowship with applications due in just 10 days, on June 12
https://www.techcongress.io/ai-safety-fellowship
It pays well too. It is distinct from U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute with Paul Christiano and others, which I believe is in the executive branch, not the legislative branch like this one.
I think TechCongress, despite the name, does do Executive branch placements and I think this role in particular is targeted to the executive branch