Roadmap through AI safety programs for early-career technical researchers (opens in new tab)

Navigating AI safety fellowships as an early researcher is confusing because there are many programs, and it's not obvious which to prioritize or in what order. This post gives a rough progression path. For this post, we assume the goal is to get a full-time job as a technical AI safety researcher. Fellowships and programs help achieve this goal in three ways: 1) upskilling, 2) gaining career capital, and 3) networking in AI safety community.Let me lay some background on skills, career capita...