“Introducing Kairos: A new home for SPAR and FSP” by Agustín Covarrubias 🔸, Topaz

TL;DR We’re announcing Kairos, a new AI safety fieldbuilding organization focused on the early career talent pipeline. We’re the new home for two programs: FSP, which provides semester-based mentorship for organizers of AI safety university groups SPAR, a program that pairs early career individuals to work on three-month AI safety research projects alongside experienced mentors We’ve opened applications for the next round of FSP (starting in December 2024) and expressions of interest for SPAR (starting in February 2025).We’re excited to announce the launch of Kairos[1], a new AI safety fieldbuilding organization focused on strengthening the early career talent pipeline. Kairos will serve as the new institutional home for two existing programs: the Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR), a mentorship program now on its fifth iteration, and the Fieldbuilder Support Program (FSP), a program in its second iteration. We believe that growing and strengthening the infrastructure for [...] ---Outline:(00:08) TL;DR(01:40) Fieldbuilder Support Program (FSP)(02:37) Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR)The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: October 25th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/tTCyWthLyHk32WX9n/introducing-kairos-a-new-home-for-spar-and-fsp --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.