AI Safety: Approaches and Careers

In Part 2 of our AI safety discussion, Max Clarke will discuss the field of AI safety, including research directions, organisations and his own experience pursuing a career in the field. The talk will motivate the arguments behind AI existential risk, and discuss the various approaches being taken to mitigate it. Max will then discuss the various organizations in the field of AI safety, including those that offer training and funding opportunities for those interested in careers in AI safety.
Max holds a Master's in Deep Learning from Victoria University of Wellington. In 2023 he did an independent research project in AI interpretability, funded by the Long Term Future Fund. He currently works at the New Zealand Stock Exchange, doing Python backend development.

This session will be held in room KK204 at Kelburn Campus. The room is on floor 2 of Kirk Building. Please be aware the doors to the university stop automatically opening past 6 pm, and to leave the university level 3 is easiest without a pass after this time. While we run events at the university our group is comprised of both students and professionals. Anyone is welcome to join.

Effective altruism is a movement focused on finding the most effective ways to have a positive impact. EA Wellington is a group of about 40 people who meet up weekly to talk about different topics in effective altruism and ways we can get involved.

Here is a map of Kelburn Campus that might be useful for finding the room: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/campuses-facilities/campuses/kelburn/kelburn-campus-map.pdf Here is a list of our upcoming events: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gcqOu4Bd0neWynwPK9ZMc3h73fPzFIWBu4UQPmqxx7E Here is a list of links to useful stuff related to EA or EA Wellington: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GEB10IERM9glDsUjsUHDKS2_GokJz0pMPqqUOr1mulc