In a private discussion related to our fundraiser it was pointed out to me that AISC has not made clear enough what our actual theory of change is. Therefore this post.

Some caveats/context:

This is my personal viewpoint. Other organisers might disagree about what is central or not.
I’ve co-organised AISC1, AISC8, AISC9, and now AISC10. Remmelt has co-organised all except AISC2. Robert recently joined for AISC10.
I hope there will be an AISC11, but in either case, I will no longer be an organiser. This is partly because I get restless when running the same thing too many times, and partly because there are other things I want to do. But I do think the AISC is in good hands with Remmelt and Robert.

Introduction

I think that AISC theory of change has a number of components/mechanisms, listed here in order of importance (in my judgement).

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Outline:
(01:00) Introduction
(01:35) 1. Learning by doing
(05:31) 2. Networking / Incubating new teams/projects
(07:22) 3. Direct project outputs
(09:12) 4. Letting people test their personal fit
(09:53) 5. Miscellaneous
(11:34) Flowchart model
(12:06) We're currently fundraising
(12:20) Acknowledgement
The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI.
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First published:
January 22nd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kd2cbLXQxCCRRQDcH/theory-of-change-for-ai-safety-camp
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“Theory of Change for AI Safety Camp” by Linda Linsefors

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