[Career review] “Data collection for AI alignment” by Benjamin Hilton

Many proposals to reduce risks from misaligned AI may need a lot of high-quality data from people that can be used to train machine learning models.

Narrated by AI.

---

Outline:

(00:47) Sometimes recommended -- personal fit dependent

(00:59) Review status

(01:04) Why might becoming an expert in data collection for AI alignment be high impact?

(02:58) What does this path involve?

(04:29) Avoiding harm

(05:21) Example people

(05:25) Long Ouyang

(06:31) How to predict your fit in advance

(07:17) How to enter

(09:09) Find a job in this path

(09:21) Want one-on-one advice on pursuing this path?

(09:42) Learn more about data collection for AI alignment

(10:09) Learn about other high-impact careers

---

First published:
May 11th, 2022

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/alignment-data-expert

---

Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.