Debate over PhD student's troubles doing AI safety research

A PhD student reportedly faced departmental trouble over AI safety work; researcher avtim argued the department is at fault, noting the student raised funding in the Bay Area ecosystem without difficulty, suggesting the problem lies with the department rather than the research.

2026-11-14 ~ 2026-11-14 · 2 related posts

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