The Interpretability Hackathon

Apart Research and Effective Altruism Estonia

Join this AI safety hackathon to find new perspectives on the "brains" of AI and to enjoy free food!

Uus-Sadama 5

Join this AI safety hackathon to find new perspectives on the "brains" of AI and to enjoy free food!
More information about the hackathon here: https://itch.io/jam/interpretability

WHAT IS THIS? 🤔
The Interpretability Hackathon is a weekend-long event where you participate in teams (1-6) to create interesting and fun research. You submit a PDF report that summarizes and discusses your findings in the context of AI safety. These reports will be judged by our panel and you can win up to $1,000!
It runs from 11th Nov to 13th Nov and you’re welcome to join for a part of it (see further down). We get an interesting talk by an expert in the field and hear more about the topic.
Everyone can participate, no matter their previous background or experience and we encourage you to join especially if you’re considering AI safety from another career . We prepare templates for you to start out your projects and you’ll be surprised what you can accomplish in just a weekend – especially with your new-found friends!

HOW DO I REGISTER? ✍️
Click "Join jam" on this page: https://itch.io/jam/interpretability

WHERE IS IT? 📍
Room M-342 in the Mare building
Address: Tallinn, Uus-Sadama 5
https://goo.gl/maps/FnQQCe7HzvDNovPt9

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF INTERPRETABILITY PROJECTS I COULD MAKE?
You can check out a bunch of interesting, smaller interpretability project ideas on the AI Safety Ideas page: https://aisafetyideas.com/
Examples include:
- Reconstructing the input from neural activations
- Evaluating the alignment tax of interpretable models
- Making models' uncertainty interpretable

WHY SHOULD I JOIN?
There are loads of reasons to join! Here are just a few:
- Free food the whole weekend!
- Win up to 1000€ in awards!
- Get practical experience with machine learning safety research.

WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN AI SAFETY?
You are even more welcome to join! This can be your first step into artificial intelligence and machine learning research!
There's a lot of pressure from AI safety to perform at a top level and this seems to drive some people out of the field. For this hackathon, we expect no previous experience in any field for this hackathon.

I'M BUSY, CAN I JOIN FOR A SHORT TIME?
Yes! As a matter of fact, we encourage you to join even if you only have a short while available during the weekend!
You can both join without coming to the beginning or end of the event, and you can submit research even if you’ve only spent a few hours on it. We of course still encourage you to come for the intro ceremony and join for the whole weekend.

WHO ARE THE ORGANIZERS?
This event is organized and funded by Apart Research. https://apartresearch.com/
The in-person event in Estonia is organized by Effective Altruism Estonia. https://efektiivnealtruism.org/

MORE INFORMATION
You can find more information about the hackathon and about interpretability here: https://itch.io/jam/interpretability

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