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An author describes lessons and frames from time spent in empirical AI safety research apprenticeships at MATS and Redwood.
Why it matters: It offers practical thinking frames for empirical AI safety research, which the author says is heavily bottlenecked on thinking more clearly.
Written by AI from LessWrong's published text.
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“Good empirical safety research is heavily bottlenecked on thinking more clearly. This post shares a few frames and tips I found useful, illustrated with concrete examples. I spent the better part of 2026 in empirical AI safety research apprenticeships.”
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