Friday, November 3, 2023

[DMANET] ML/AI Safety Research Program

The MATS <https://matsprogram.org/> Winter 2023-24 Cohort has launched!
Apply by Nov 17 (or Nov 10 for Neel Nanda).

The ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) Program is an educational seminar
and independent research program. MATS provides talented scholars with
talks, workshops, and research mentorship
<https://www.matsprogram.org/mentors> in the field of AI safety, and
connects them with the Berkeley AI safety research community.

The program takes place in Berkeley, CA from January 8 to March 17. If
you'd like to sign up for program updates and application deadline
reminders, *fill out our interest form
<https://airtable.com/appxum3Sqh7TdDvdg/shrwtDZXeSfzeh5GT>* (~1 min)! If
you know anyone you'd be excited to see apply to MATS, you can fill
out our recommendation
form <https://airtable.com/appxum3Sqh7TdDvdg/shrRtJW4Ux8oTY28C> (~1
minute). We'll reach out to encourage them to apply! Read more about the
winter program here
<https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tqyg3DpoiE4DKyi4y/apply-for-mats-winter-2023-24>
.
*Rocket Drew*
Pronouns = {He, Him, His}
Community Manager
MATS
rocket@serimats.org <rocket_drew@brown.edu>

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