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I Reviewed Hundreds of AI Safety Applications. Here's What Actually Matters | Georg Lange

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Insights from reviewing applications for MATS and SPAR projects on what makes a competitive AI safety program application.

TLDR 2-6 month AI safety programs (MATS, Anthropic Fellows, Goodfire Fellows, Astra, etc.) are one of the best ways to break into AI safety Admissions are highly competitive: single-digit acceptance rates for MATS, 1.5% for Anthropic Fellows, ~15% for my SPAR projects Having reviewed applications for multiple MATS cohorts and SPAR projects, I’m sharing insights that can improve your chances of acceptance I originally wrote this for my SPAR scholars, but it applies to anyone applying to competitive AI safety programs. This guide has two goals: help you develop the skills that actually…

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