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Cross-posted from my Substack.
Epistemic status: I’ve puzzled over this for a long time but I’m not sure I came to the right answers. I'm sharing this partly because it might help others work on resource allocation, but mostly because some smarter reader might tell me how to do it better.
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With the AI windfall, mental health may be taken increasingly seriously by mainstream EA. There’s increasingly room to explore the cause area and answer some of the biggest uncertainties; at the same time, costs of the most effective interventions are continuing to fall. StrongMinds is now treating for ~$35, about a third of GiveWell’s best guess from a few years ago, and is expected to...
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What are the best summer opportunities for (freshman and sophomore) college students in CS/ML interested in technical alignment or AI policy?
It depends on their level of past engagement and experience, but I would start by checking aisafety.training (for training and research programs). Internships and job opportunities are more diffuse, but a good place to start is the 80,000 hours job board.
Do you have a more specific audience in mind?