A Beginning: Maps for Getting Started in AI Safety, Policy, and Strategy
Where to begin?
Thankfully, 80,000 Hours has put together some excellent resources from a variety of angles — from technical to policy or even philosophical avenues. In case you don’t know, 80,000 Hours is linked to the Effective Altruism movement and is dedicated to getting people into high impact careers.
AI Safety Syllabus: https://80000hours.org/ai-safety-syllabus
AI Policy & Strategy Career Guide: https://80000hours.org/articles/ai-policy-guide/
Also, Allan Dafoe’s Reading Guide for the Global Politics of AI seems notable: http://www.allandafoe.com/aireadings
In this quest for gaining a lay of the land in AI, you can expect many of these sources to come up in upcoming posts. Feel free to suggest other guides or collections below.
Ex astris, scientia — no, not quite Starfleet Academy. Yet.
