We had an influx of applications for the in-person AFFINE Superintelligence Alignment Seminar so we’ve decided to open it up to remote applicants to join online, from anywhere.
Key info:
- Dates: From 28th April to 28th of May (same as in-person Seminar held in Czechia)
- Location: Online (remote from anywhere)
- Positions available: We’re hoping to get a heap of people to provide greater access, we’ll calibrate places as we go depending on interest.
- Attendance cost: Free (donations welcome)
- Online Seminar application form: Apply here
- Applications close: Friday 24th April
The main purpose of the Seminar is to give promising newcomers to AI alignment an opportunity to acquire a deep understanding of some large pieces of the problem, making them better equipped for work on the mitigation of AI existential risk.
Online participants will be able to tune in to live talks (or watch recordings), engage with peers in EA Gather Town, and have online discussions on key concepts relating to superintelligence alignment.
The online Seminar will be flexible to schedules, without a fixed time commitment, and will offer ways to engage across different time zones. We expect 5-10 hours/week involvement will be the base level of engagement (such as 1-2 hours most evenings or half/full day Saturdays), but people are welcome to invest more time if they have the capacity and enthusiasm to do so. Saturdays are currently planned to be when live discussions are held across different timezones in EA Gather Town.
Not all in-person sessions will be live-streamed (such as group workshops), and some timings will evolve as the in-person Seminar progresses, but we plan to stream key talks and provide online infrastructure for remote learning in parallel with the in-person experience. Our hope is to reach a happy medium by offering some access to those who otherwise wouldn’t have it.
Online participants will still be able to connect with in-person mentors and participants via a shared Discord discussion space and opportunities to engage during live sessions.
Topics and concepts will be mostly aligned (excuse the pun) with the in-person curriculum, with shared goals with the in-person Seminar, but the online experience will be less intensive and won’t include some things like projects with mentor guidance.
To find out more, check out the original in-person Seminar advertisement.