MATS alumni are driving AI alignment research worldwide

参与 MATS 项目极大地提升了我的职业生涯、研究经验、人脉网络以及自信心。优秀的导师指导、高度的个人自主权、才华横溢且志向远大的社区，以及充足的资源支持，为“在实践中学习”并高效完成任务创造了绝佳条件。此外，我很难想象还有什么比 MATS 学者、导师以及整个 AI 安全社区正在解决的问题更重要的了。这不仅极具挑战性，而且意义深远。在这个领域，大家怀揣着共同的信念，结下了深厚的友谊。加入我们吧！

在参加 MATS 之前，我对人工智能对齐领域有着浓厚的兴趣，但缺乏前沿研究的相关技能，也不知从何入手。直接得益于 MATS，我实现了以下目标：(1) 对人工智能安全领域最核心的问题及其相关社区的结构有了相对完整的理解；(2) 产出了清晰且具有重要意义的研究成果，这让我有信心全职投身于该领域；(3) 结识了广泛的现任及未来合作者，他们带来了极其多元的视角。关于第三点，MATS 汇聚的人才令人惊叹，他们解决问题的动力极其强烈。如果未来人工智能对齐这一宏大工程最终取得成功，届时人们会发现，关键问题与解决方案中超过两位数百分比的贡献都归功于 MATS 的校友，对此我一点也不会感到惊讶。

MATS 帮助我提升对齐领域技能的速度，比我原本通过自学基础贝叶斯主义（infra-bayesianism）快了三倍多。当时我只是因为喜欢数学而自学，对对齐领域中哪些部分至关重要并没有深刻的见解。MATS 让我对对齐问题有了更深层次的认识，此后我能够专注于解决问题的核心，并理清了自己认知中最主要的困惑。

MATS 是快速提升技能并建立人工智能安全领域人脉的最佳途径，我强烈推荐。

MATS was a life changing experience. I met and got mentored by amazing people, and I learned so much in such a small amount of time. Looking back at me before this program, I don't think I could even recognize myself 8 month ago. Even though I have no academic background, I felt listened, empowered and supported in order to tackle the biggest challenges that I (and possibly we) have ever faced.

参加 MATS 是快速提升人工智能安全研究技能、深入了解该领域并结识其他研究人员与合作伙伴的绝佳途径。此外，项目组精心设计的办公环境也极大地提高了工作效率。

Apollo almost certainly would not have happened without MATS. One of the core reasons why starting an organization is hard is because the founding members need to know and trust each other. It is often hard to find people with similar agendas that you also personally enjoy working with in a systematic manner. MATS implicitly created such an environment because it enabled many of us to understand what everyone else is working on, get to know them personally and see their research progress without having to commit to anything in particular.

Working in a team environment, particularly one as stimulating as MATS, was a transformative experience. It not only refined my research skills but also instilled a newfound entrepreneurial spirit in me. The program encouraged me to think beyond the conventional, to innovate, and to take risks. Additionally, the array of skills I acquired during my time at MATS was vast. I delved deep into research engineering, honed my science communication abilities, and even tapped into the art of fundraising. These skills, I believe, are indispensable and have equipped me to navigate the ever-evolving world of research with confidence. In conclusion, I wholeheartedly endorse the MATS program. To anyone considering embarking on this journey, you are not only signing up for an unparalleled research experience but also a lifetime of growth, learning, and camaraderie.

There's life pre-MATS and life post-MATS. It was the inflection point that set me up to become a technical AI safety researcher. I don't think there are other opportunities as good at getting early-career people integrated into AI safety. The in-person program was the most impactful and high-energy two months I've ever been a part of, and it's my number one recommendation to people considering work on AI safety.

MATS helped me get deeper into AI safety research by motivating me to get up to speed with current research and giving me access to mentorship from an expert in AI safety, as well as a smart and talented cohort and a large network of researchers. It also provided infrastructure such as office space in Berkeley and a generous stipend. SERI MATS worked as a matchmaker between Evan Hubinger and me and thus helped me get involved in his projects, which would have been harder to do otherwise. I feel like I have developed faster as a researcher since doing MATS.

MATS was an excellent environment to get productive work done and a fantastic resource to improve my future impact in AI alignment. I made connections, learned a great deal about my mentor's subfield and alignment in general, and was fired up to keep working when I got back to Australia. Since MATS I've been funded for a project with a collaborator I met at MATS, and gotten significantly further in the hiring process for orgs than before.

我强烈推荐 MATS！对于那些希望投身人工智能安全技术研究的人来说，MATS 是我的首选。我在 MATS 获得的指导和融入的社区氛围，不仅让我作为研究人员迅速成长，也为我探索有价值的研究方向提供了广阔空间。