How to get into AI safety in 3 months - by Matt Beard
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How to speedrun your skill-building and job search process
As an 80,000 Hours advisor, I’ve spoken with hundreds of people who want to use their careers to mitigate AI risks but don’t know where to start. While the most efficient route to enter depends on your background, there’s some foundational advice for breaking into AI safety that I find myself repeating on almost every advising call. These steps are hard, but they’re not particularly complicated. Almost everyone I’ve advised who successfully found work in AI safety followed them, and most experts or hiring managers that I’ve spoken to have endorsed similar ideas for how to get started. If…
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