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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.
Background
At least $70 million...
This question has been answered to some extent by Aaron Gertler, regarding the 2018 version of Double Up Drive, here.
Elsewhere on this forum, Aaron also said:
I also asked an organiser (Dan Smith) about it directly, on Twitter. He said: