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★ 0.52 Reg closes Oct 24, 2026
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Community AI safety day event organized by AI Safety Poland in Warsaw. BlueDot Impact community event bringing together AI safety researchers and practitioners for networking and discussion.
#safety#community#alignment#governance communitylocal
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★ 0.84 Reg closes Oct 25, 2026
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Regional EA Global (EAGx) conference. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Application deadline October 25, 2026.
#governance#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.60 Apps close Oct 25, 2026
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Structured AI research fellowship designed to help students and professionals publish at premier conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and EMNLP. Two tracks: Fundamental AI Research (AI capabilities, alignment, evaluation, and interpretability) and Applied AI Research (open problems across disciplines). Recent cohorts achieved 68-73% conference acceptance rates.
#alignment#safety#interpretability#evals researchremotescholarship
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★ 0.71 Early-bird ends Oct 30, 2026
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Annual multi-track interdisciplinary meeting founded in 1987. Includes invited talks, demonstrations, symposia, oral and poster presentations, workshops, tutorials, competitions, and evaluations and datasets track. Major ML conference with AI safety workshops. Three locations: Sydney (main, Dec 6-12), Atlanta (satellite, Dec 9-13), Paris (satellite, Dec 9-13).
#alignment#interpretability#evals#ml-safety#machine-learning#ml#research-practice#safety conferencemachine-learning
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★ 0.91 Apps close Nov 1, 2026
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Three-week intensive bootcamp for ML upskilling in AI safety focusing on interpretability and RL, based on ARENA curriculum. Covers ML fundamentals, transformer architecture, mechanistic interpretability, LLM evaluations, and alignment science with capstone research project. Fully provided housing, meals (weekday lunches/dinners), 24/7 office access, dedicated TAs, and travel reimbursement up to $750+. Run by Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative.
#interpretability#alignment#safety#evals bootcampfundedintensive
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★ 0.80 Apps close Nov 1, 2026
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4-week intensive program in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in London at LISA. Provides $5,000 support. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.
#alignment#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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★ 0.78 Apps close Nov 1, 2026
15-week full-time AI safety research fellowship based in London. Expert mentorship through weekly one-on-one sessions with established researchers, dedicated research management support, workspace at LISA with meals on weekdays, financial assistance for travel/housing. Stipend £15,000-£18,000 (£18,000 for senior fellows with PhDs or industry experience). Open to applicants 18+, no specific background required. Remote participation rare but possible.
#alignment#safety#interpretability#governance fundedmentorship
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★ 0.77 Reg closes Nov 5, 2026
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Foresight Institute Vision Weekend event with frontier science and technology tracks including AI safety. 40-year-old organization focused on transformative technology. Registration open.
#safety#alignment#governance#research-practice
Salience signals
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★ 0.77 Apps close Nov 7, 2026
Three-month online AI safety research program where participants form teams to work on preselected projects led by Project Leads. Teams meet weekly and plan their own work hours (minimum 10h/week for Project Leads). Final presentations at online conference April 23-26. Project Leads guide research on topics ranging from alignment to stopping harmful AI developments to deconfusion research.
#alignment#governance#safety#interpretability
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★ 0.76 Reg closes Nov 13, 2026
Foresight Institute's flagship event gathering leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers to explore the frontiers of science and technology, and plan for flourishing futures. Includes AI safety track content. Registration open.
#alignment#governance#safety frontier-science
Salience signals
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★ 0.83 Reg closes Nov 15, 2026
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Regional EA Global (EAGx) conference for Australasia. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications open.
#governance#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.85 Apps close Nov 29, 2026
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3-month online AI safety research program where participants form teams to work on preselected projects. Project Leads propose and guide research projects across various AI safety topics including alignment, deconfusion research, and projects aimed at stopping or pausing AI development. Teams meet weekly with participants committing 10+ hours per week. Final presentations held at online conference.
#alignment#safety#governance#interpretability researchremote
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★ 0.84 Apps close Dec 31, 2026
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Five-month structured training programme on AI evaluation for capabilities and safety. 40 fully-funded scholarships for participants to work on real AI evaluation problems with faculty mentors from Cambridge, Stanford, Princeton, Oxford, MIT, and organizations like Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, and UK AI Safety Institute. Includes 12 modules, two hands-on courses, and team-based capstone project.
#evals#alignment#governance#interpretability capstonementorshipscholarship
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★ 0.49 CFP closes Feb 4, 2027
10th annual Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference bringing together researchers in cognitive science, neuroscience, and AI to explore computations underlying complex behavior. Features keynote speakers, oral presentations, posters, and community-organized sessions including Generative Adversarial Collaborations. Relevant for ACO practitioners interested in predictive-coding, metacognition, and signal-detection-theory measurement work applicable to LLMs.
#interpretability cognitive-scienceneuroscience
Salience signals
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★ 0.91 Apps closed Jul 5, 2026
Twelve-week part-time programme for U.S. policy professionals. Five hours weekly commitment. Runs early September to early December 2026 with Thanksgiving break. Focused on AI governance and policy.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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★ 0.90 Apps closed Oct 19, 2026
Follow-up intensive course focused on compute verification. Addresses open problems in ensuring the verifiability of frontier pacing commitments. Covers international treaties, statutory interpretation, supply-chain analysis, and cryptographic AI verification methods. Goes further into technical components than Part 1.
#governance#evals
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★ 0.87 Apps closed Jun 7, 2026
10-week ML Alignment & Theory Scholars fellowship with optional 6-12 month extension. Fellows receive weekly stipends ($1,250), compute budgets ($2,000/week), housing, meals, and mentorship from leading AI safety researchers. Locations in Berkeley, CA and London, UK. Applications closed for Autumn 2026.
#alignment#interpretability
Salience signals
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★ 0.85 Apps closed Sep 1, 2026
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3-month mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in London at LISA. Provides $6,000/month stipend. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.
#alignment#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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★ 0.85 Apps closed Jul 26, 2026
Four-month fellowship for empirical research on AI safety aligned with Anthropic's research priorities. Fellows receive weekly stipend of $3,850 USD, compute funding (~$15k/month), and close mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Application deadline July 26.
#alignment#interpretability#control#evals
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★ 0.83 Apps closed Oct 1, 2026
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4-week intensive program in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in Berkeley. Provides $5,000 support. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.
#alignment#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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} 12-week ML Alignment & Theory Scholars fellowship connecting talented researchers with top mentors in machine alignment, transparency, and security. Participants completing full 12-week programme at 40 hours per week receive $19,200 stipend ($1,600/week), $24,000 in research compute, housing, travel to/from Berkeley or London, office space, lunch and dinner on weekdays, and J-1 visa support. Mentorship from world-class researchers at Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Redwood Research, and ARC. Option to apply for 6-12 month funded extension beyond main program.
#alignment#interpretability
Salience signals
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★ 0.80 Apps closed Oct 9, 2026
Eight-week technical AI safety research program run by MIT AI Alignment (MAIA). Teams of 2-3 working on focused projects with experienced mentors, approximately 15 hours weekly. Eligibility: MAIA members, AISF Fellows, and MIT undergraduates (previous research experience strongly preferred). Supported by CBAI.
#alignment#safety
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★ 0.79 Apps closed Apr 26, 2026
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4-month empirical AI safety research fellowship with close mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Fellows investigate scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, AI control, model organisms, mechanistic interpretability, AI security, and model welfare. Program provides $3,850/week stipend, ~$15k/month compute funding, and aims for public research outputs (typically papers). Over 80% of first cohort produced papers; 40%+ joined Anthropic full-time afterward.
#alignment#interpretability#control#evals
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★ 0.79 Apps closed Sep 6, 2026
10-week intensive, fully-funded AI safety research fellowship hosted by Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative. Focuses on technical AI safety research across interpretability, multi-agent safety, formal verification, and risk management frameworks. Includes weekly mentorship (1-2 hours/week), speaker events, professional development support, $12,500 stipend, housing, meals, and compute resources (~$1,500/week per fellow). Dedicated 24/7 workspace in Harvard Square.
#alignment#interpretability#evals
Salience signals
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} 41st Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence includes a special track on AI Alignment seeking research on scalable oversight, mechanistic interpretability, empirical robustness evaluation, red-teaming, human cognitive and psychological factors, and safe-by-design engineering including formal safety cases. Recognizes the critical importance of ensuring goals and actions of AI systems align with human values as we build more capable systems.
#alignment#interpretability#evals
Salience signals
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
Three-month bipartisan AI governance and policy fellowship designed to accelerate or launch careers in American AI policy, emphasizing practical policy relevance.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
Three-month research-oriented AI governance fellowship. Participants conduct independent research projects and participate in expert sessions and networking.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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#alignment#governance#technical-safety fellowshipmentorship
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 17, 2026
National fellowship for early-career professionals interested in extending AI's benefits across American communities. Twelve-month programme combining intensive initial training with ongoing weekly instruction alongside placement at host nonprofits. First cohort of 100 fellows begins in October 2026.
#governance
Salience signals
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 20, 2026
Three-month interdisciplinary program pairing fellows from complex systems sciences (mathematics, neuroscience, philosophy, economics, political science, ecology, linguistics, physics, humanities) with AI safety mentors. Inaugural Winter Fellowship with approximately 20 fellows working on AI risk projects. $3,000/month stipend, housing, daily meals, round-trip flight, dedicated mentorship. Primarily in Cape Town, remote participation available for exceptional candidates.
#alignment#formal-foundations#governance
Salience signals
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} Part-time research programme matching teams of 2-4 with experienced mentors to produce published AI safety research. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub. Structure: applications, prework, one-week in-person session, 8-10 weeks remote work, final research output. All costs covered including travel, accommodation, meals, and compute resources.
#alignment#governance#safety#interpretability fellowshipmentorshipresearchfunded
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★ 0.73 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
Three-month fellowship focused on non-research projects in communications, policy, operations, and program management.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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} Existential Risk Alliance fellowship on existential AI risk. Cambridge-based program. Applications for Winter 2027 have closed. Prospective applicants can join mailing list for notifications about future fellowship opportunities.
#alignment#interpretability#governance#safety
Salience signals
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★ 0.72 Apps closed May 10, 2026
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Stage 2 of MARS V selection process, for invited candidates only. Part-time, hybrid research programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced mentors. Includes $2k+ compute budget, Claude Max, accommodation, meals, and travel funding.
#alignment#technical-safety#mentorship#control#interpretability#evals#governance
Salience signals
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} Supervised Program for Alignment Research. Part-time remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with experienced mentors from Google DeepMind, RAND, Apollo Research, MATS, UK AISI, etc. for three-month projects. 5-40 hours per week depending on availability. Open to undergraduates, graduate students, PhD candidates, and professionals with varying experience levels. No prior research experience required. Research areas: AI safety and alignment, AI policy and governance, AI security, mechanistic interpretability, biosecurity, societal impact studies. Virtual Demo Day event at conclusion.
#alignment#safety#governance
Salience signals
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★ 0.70 Apps closed Sep 7, 2026
Federation of American Scientists Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship focused on frontier AI safety. Part-time (5 hours/week) developing policy memos addressing AI safety challenges. Includes California retreat (Nov 4-7) and DC capstone (Feb 22 week). $5,000 stipend plus travel expenses, $1,000 merit award for top performer. Focus areas: cybersecurity, governance frameworks, risk assessment, transparency, capability thresholds, compute governance, critical infrastructure protection.
#governance#policy#safety
Salience signals
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} Cambridge-based fellowship on existential AI risk. Annual application cycle focused on developing research skills and understanding existential risks from AI. Hosted by Existential Risk Alliance.
#alignment#governance researchexistential-risk
Salience signals
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★ 0.69 Apps closed May 3, 2026
Fellowship targeting researchers studying advanced AI system safety with emphasis on safety evaluation, ethics, robustness, scalable mitigations, privacy-preserving safety methods, agentic oversight, and high-severity misuse domains. Partners with Constellation. Fellows receive monthly stipends, compute support, ongoing mentorship, and API credits. Must produce substantial research output (papers, benchmarks, datasets). Open to diverse backgrounds including CS, social science, cybersecurity.
#alignment#evals#governance#safety#interpretability fundedmentorship
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} Launch retreat for Central New York AI Safety community organized by BlueDot Impact. The retreat aims to establish a local AI safety hub and build connections among researchers, students, and practitioners in the New York area working on alignment and governance challenges.
#alignment#governance
Salience signals
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★ 0.68 Apps closed Sep 1, 2026
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In-person programming bootcamp lasting 4-5 weeks focused on alignment research engineering. Administered by the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA). Covers all major expenses including travel to/from London, visa costs, accommodation, and meals/refreshments on program days.
#alignment#interpretability#reinforcement-learning#research-practice#safety bootcampfunded
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} MIT AI Alignment (MAIA) eight-week introductory fellowship on AI safety covering trends, evidence for misalignment, and safety approaches. 2 hours per week, free food provided, no prior AI background required. Open to anyone with preference for MIT students. Completion leads to MAIA Membership with 24/7 office access, free compute, and research discussions. 1,300+ member Slack community.
#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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} UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) Innovations Dialogue focused on electromagnetic disruption technology impacts on international security. UNIDIR operates flagship conferences on Cyber Stability, Geneva Cyber Week, AI Security and Ethics, and Outer Space Security. International AI policy and disarmament-related conferences in scope per the safety community's broader governance interests.
#governance
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★ 0.66 Apps closed Aug 18, 2026
Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) Fall 2026 cohort. Part-time remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with experienced mentors from Google DeepMind, RAND, Apollo Research, MATS, UK AISI, etc. for three-month projects. Participants commit 5-40 hours per week. Applications for Fall 2026 have closed; Spring 2027 applications will open around December. Demo Day on December 19. Optional continuation after December 14.
#alignment#interpretability#evals#governance#safety#policy
Salience signals
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} Apart Research hackathon focused on AI and epistemics. Part of the monthly Apart Sprints series for developing AI safety research ideas. Online only format.
#safety#alignment
Salience signals
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★ 0.65 CFP closed Aug 31, 2026
First Workshop on Pluralistic Value Alignment of LLMs at AACL-IJCNLP 2026. Single-day hybrid event focused on pluralistic value alignment across China, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Includes shared task on pluralistic value alignment. Co-located with AACL-IJCNLP 2026.
#alignment#governance valuescross-cultural
Salience signals
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} AI Safety Days organized by Zurich AI Safety and hosted on BlueDot Impact events calendar. Community event bringing together AI safety researchers and practitioners in Switzerland.
#alignment#governance#evals#safety#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.64 Apps closed Sep 19, 2026
Contest to improve upon ARC's estimation algorithms for random MLPs. Launched in partnership with AIcrowd. The warm-up round began the week of June 2nd, 2026. Focuses on white-box estimation methods for mechanistic interpretability.
#interpretability#evals#control#alignment#research-practice challengecompetition
Salience signals
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★ 0.61 Apps closed May 3, 2026
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MARS mentorship programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced researchers. In-person kick-off July 13-26 (participants select either July 13-19 or July 20-26), followed by remote research phase August-October. Team size 2-4 per mentor. Fully funded including compute ($2,000+), travel, and accommodation. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub.
#alignment#technical-safety#mentorship#control#interpretability#evals#governance#research-practice
Salience signals
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} EA Global conference with talks and discussions on the latest ideas at the frontiers of the EA movement, workshops, and networking opportunities. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. Organized by Centre for Effective Altruism.
#alignment#governance#community#safety effective-altruismcommunity
Salience signals
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★ 0.60 Reg closed Oct 23, 2026
Weekend research hackathon on AI collusion focused on one AI safety question. Apart Research Sprint format where anyone can join, and winners or standout participants are invited to Apart Studio and the Apart Fellowship. Available both online and at local sites.
#multi-agent#evals#safety#alignment weekendresearch-sprint
Salience signals
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} 12-week mentored research program bringing social science talent into AI safety research. Cohort of 15-20 social scientists (postdocs, PhD students, Master's students, undergraduates with research experience). Focus on psychology, economics, sociology, and related empirical social sciences applied to AI. Program pairs fellows with mentors from academia and industry.
#governance#alignment social-sciencementorship
Salience signals
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} EA Global conference with talks and discussions on the latest ideas at the frontiers of the EA movement, workshops, and networking opportunities. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. Organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Applications closed.
#alignment#governance#community effective-altruismcommunity
Salience signals
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} EA Global conference with talks and discussions on the latest ideas at the frontiers of the EA movement, workshops, and networking opportunities. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. Organized by Centre for Effective Altruism.
#governance#alignment effective-altruismcommunity
Salience signals
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} Interdisciplinary, non-archival conference about learning and decision making in humans, animals, and algorithms, with particular focus on reinforcement learning approaches. Bridges AI/ML/robotics and cognitive science/neuroscience/psychology research communities. Increasingly hosts LLM-cog-sci crossover work relevant to ACO measurement frameworks.
#cognitive-science#reinforcement-learning#measurement-science#interpretability#control#formal-foundations#alignment reinforcement-learningcognitive-scienceneuroscience
Salience signals
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} 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. The ASSC promotes rigorous research and coordinates annual conferences directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. Members work in cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines. Relevant for ACO measurement-science work on metacognition and signal-detection theory.
#interpretability consciousnesscognitive-sciencemeasurement
Salience signals
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