On challenging the experts

Abstract

Modern AI safety research requires thousands to millions of lines of code and engineers with a background in distributed systems and numerical systems and who also care about AI safety. Some of the most important work in AI safety is now being done by engineers, and those with the skills to contribute to major ML libraries are in high demand at AI safety labs. However, many engineers are unaware of these opportunities due to misconceptions about the role of engineers in AI safety research. – AI-generated abstract.