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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. There are more good policy and technical ideas ready for implementation than there is coordination ability and political will to implement them. The funding landscape is expected to expand over the next few years, but without the people to deploy that capital effectively, it stays inert. The ecosystem has a lot of people who are great at thinking about ideas. We need more people who are great at thinking about people and projects. 𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Constellation Institute 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: a 15-30 person, 3-month program focused on training, upskilling, credentialing, and placing generalists in AI safety. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: residents work out of Constellation with mentorship from successful generalists at organizations like Redwood Research, METR, RAND, AI Futures Project, FAR.AI, Forethought In the first few weeks, residents write and refine their own project pitches while meeting the Constellation network and building context in the field. They then execute roughly 3-month projects, individually or in groups. 𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲): • $6k monthly stipend (plus housing and travel covered) • Generous project budgets to execute on ambitious ideas • Access to the Constellation network and office space • Seminars, 1:1s, and deep dives into current technical and policy work • The possibility to extend for an additional 3 months • Placement support into full-time roles at impactful organizations for those who want it If you've been looking for a way into AI safety that isn't "be a researcher," this is it! ⏰𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟳. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀👇