Advisors

80,000 Hours

Career advice by a well-connected and professional organization dedicated to helping people use their career for good. Does not accept all applications.

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Active

Probably Good

Helps those who want to have a meaningful impact with their careers brainstorm career paths, evaluate options, and plan next steps.

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Active

Pip Foweraker

Supports AI safety researchers and projects with grant ops, tax, international logistics, budgeting, and navigating funders and bureaucracy across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

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Other

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Active

Collective Action for Existential Safety (CAES)

If you're feeling called to contribute to existential safety but are unsure how best to do so, these advisors may be able to help.

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Active

Gurkenglas

Individual offering math, coding, and alignment research advice. Their consultations have had many positive reviews, and they are generally happy to have multiple calls.

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Other

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Active

Katalina Hernandez

Helps technical AI safety researchers with legal/policy grounding, including AI Act and GDPR compliance, and strategies to make technical governance work enforceable.

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Other

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Active

Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR)

Provides advice to those interested in pursuing a career dedicated to reducing risks of astronomical suffering – also known as s-risks.

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Active

Effective Thesis

Tailored support for students to clarify their career plans, strengthen the theory of change of their research, and navigate their thesis journey with confidence.

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Active

Safe AI Germany (SAIGE)

Their Pivot Track provides 1-1 strategy advice and local context to mid/senior-career professionals in Germany looking to transition into AI safety.

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Active

High Impact Professionals (HIP)

Their Impact Accelerator Program helps experienced professionals achieve an impact with their career, including through 1-1s with like-minded professionals and facilitators.

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Active

Impact Academy

Helping experienced professionals change their career to AI safety through a program including conversations with experts, career coaching, and personalized intro calls.

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Active

Upgradable

Experimental program using emerging technology, behavioral science, and applied rationality to help people lead uncommonly impactful lives.

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Active

Sync Coaching

Coaching from a trained counsellor with a broad toolbox of interpersonal and emotional skills to improve team cohesion and personal effectiveness.

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Other

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Active

Søren Elverlin

If you have an unusual background, interest, skill set, or other resources, then this 10-year veteran of the AI safety field may be able to point you in a productive direction.

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Active

Impactful Government Careers (IGC)

Provides career advice and support to civil servants and non-civil servants looking to enter a high-impact government role in the UK.

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Active

Consultants for Impact

Helps consultants who want to use their skills to improve the world with 1-1 calls supporting them in choosing a focus, making connections, and finding work that makes a difference.

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Active

Magnify Mentoring

Pairs people from underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in pursuing high-impact careers with more experienced mentors for a series of 1-1s.

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Active

Arkose

Personalized advice for experienced ML professionals (professors, PhD students, and industry researchers and engineers) who are interested in contributing to technical AI safety.

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Career/contribution

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Inactive

Nonlinear

Free career advice for people who are considering starting an AI safety organization – including technical, governance, meta, for-profit, or non-profit.

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Career/contribution

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Inactive

Charity Entrepreneurship Career Advice

Helped entrepreneurs, consultants, aspiring founders, and potential staff of startups get clarity about starting new organizations.

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Career/contribution

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Inactive