AI Safety Careers Panel

AI is moving fast; recent incidents like the Hugging Face one have made safety feel a lot more real, and the field needs people from many backgrounds. We believe students and individuals from Austin could contribute a lot! No technical background needed: whether you’re into CS, policy, bio, or philosophy, there’s a place for you in AI safety.5 pm - 6 pm:

Panel Featuring:

Scott Aaronson: Professor of CS at UT Austin, previously worked on AI safety at OpenAI

Sunishchal Dev: An early MATS mentee, has helped scale AI Safety incubator organizations and is now an AI Biosecurity Evaluator at RAND.

Jack Kelly: Chief of Staff at The Midas Project, a nonprofit watchdog that monitors leading AI developers' policies and actions to identify and report where they are falling short

Chris Canal: Previously an ML Engineer at Amazon, Chris now leads Equistamp, a leading AI Safety contracting company.

6 pm -7 pm:

Food and lightly structured networking time with speakers and other professionals working in AIS.

Description:This event is for anyone interested in AI Safety careers. Learn about the many specialties in the field and how you can contribute! We hope this event demystifies AI Safety work and gives you insight into how to get involved!Food provided!!