There is a growing ecosystem of professionals and organizations aiming to positively shape the long-term impacts of AI. This week, we’ll dive into the question, What kind of work is happening in this ecosystem, and—if you want to join the efforts to positively shape AI’s future—how can you do so?
Like AI governance research itself, AI governance career opportunities are rapidly changing, so current opportunities and advice are likely far from all that will ever be available. As another caveat, the below resources are not comprehensive. For example, there is little or no material below on relevant careers in entrepreneurship, grantmaking, field-building, or hardware companies.
If you’re at all curious about a type of work, we’d encourage you to check out the relevant resource(s)—people sometimes rule themselves out too early by having inaccurately narrow views about what they’re good fits for. (For example, did you know that AI strategy research can be highly empirical? Or that there are engineering roles in AI governance? Or that introverted, non-U.S. citizens can succeed in U.S. policy roles?)
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General advice:
Advice for researchers:
More advice for undergraduates
More advice on some specific career paths: