Robert Krzyzanowski

Before MATS, I had a strong interest in alignment generally but few skillsets relevant to the frontier of research and little idea of how to get started. Directly thanks to MATS, I achieved: (1) a relatively complete understanding of the structure of the most important questions and associated communities in in the AI safety space, (2) legible and significant research outputs that gave me the confidence to continue switching into a full-time career in the space, and (3) access to a broad base of present and future collaborators with a very wide range of perspectives. On this third point, the talent exhibited at MATS is fearsome and highly motivated to solve the problems. It would not be at all surprising to me if when the dust settles and the grand project of alignment reaches eventual fruition, it becomes apparent that over a double digit percentage of the credit attribution to the key problems and solutions belongs to MATS alumni.